Thanks for the reply. Yep, I built my line table press from one of the plans on the link you posted. So you are talking about just putting a pad or used X-ray film inside the shirt and then eyeballing where the screen goes? My thought was that with my 6 station line table press, I would spend way more time loading shirts for a run of let's say 50, than actually printing. I was hoping to somehow be able to print maybe all 50 or however many shirts without having to reload the platen. Maybe just cardboard slid in the shirts and maybe have 25 or so of them laying on a table at once? Is there a registration trick to centering the print while eyeballing, or if I had the occasional two color job? I guess I could just use my 6 station press for that. All the videos I've watched always shows a second person loading shirts, which I don't have.
) I have a six platen table line press that I built from this site, and love it. I am more into the design side of t-shirts rather than the mass production side, making runs of around 8 to 10 shirts basically to see how the design looks and let a few friends wear to get feedback. I would like to up my printing to maybe runs of 50 or so. Since it is just me in my basement, I am thinking of going to the system where each shirt has it's own platen, so I can load up 50 shirts or so at a time. I print mostly single colors in water based inks so time can be an issue. What are the platens made from and what are the typical dimensions? Is 1/4" plywood or chipboard sufficient? Anything I should know about this type of setup? I do prefer a push stroke so hopefully that will still work. Any feedback, direction, dimensions, materials, plans, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your time.
