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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: ericheartsu on November 23, 2015, 05:48:01 PM
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best place to get them? or are you all just making them yourself?
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CCI makes my favorite
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I bought a baker rack off of eBay, aluminum, not wide enough for screens but if you cut the middle bracing and redo it with some metal at (lower, menards, Home depot) you can make them wide enough. $118 shipped if i remember right, super light weight. I have two mobile ones I purchased, and am currently building a large wooden rack for my screen room like TCT built, have to search his posts to see his layout but its pretty nice.
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Depending on your screen size you and space requirement you can order pre-made ones or have one made for a specific spec with aluminium or make one yourself with wood. Scott at SE Technologies makes custom racks for specific specs. scott@se-technologies.com Last time i was there he had a oversized rack he made for a poster printer that was rather nice. He is also based in Texas.
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Depending on your screen size you and space requirement you can order pre-made ones or have one made for a specific spec with aluminium or make one yourself with wood. Scott at SE Technologies makes custom racks for specific specs. scott@se-technologies.com Last time i was there he had a oversized rack he made for a poster printer that was rather nice. He is also based in Texas.
Thanks, i'll drop him a line. I haven't talked to him in a little while!
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We use Alloy America Screen Racks.
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I got mine through Etch-o-Matic. Who knows what brand they are. They hold 24 screens. They are blue. We thought they were black for months thanks to the yellow safe lights. Much stronger than our older cheapo aluminum ones that are rickety as hell.
...come to think of it, I never really gave them much thought except when I shot off an email to order them. I'll be monitoring this thread.
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We use Alloy America Screen Racks.
Same.
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Ebay! $199 + shipping $50. We've made them an offer of $400 for two and they took it. Racks are nice, have wheels and can be adjusted for size. We are about to buy a couple more.
Come to think of it, we should get together and do a group buy if we can.
Pierre
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Ebay! $199 + shipping $50. We've made them an offer of $400 for two and they took it. Racks are nice, have wheels and can be adjusted for size. We are about to buy a couple more.
Come to think of it, we should get together and do a group buy if we can.
Pierre
would 100% be down, we need to get at least 3.
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A year ago I was driving behind the local Lowes and there was about 20 different racks and shelving units sitting out there getting rusty and making the place look terrible. I went inside and asked to speak to a manager and they told me to come back with a trailer or whatever and take what I wanted. I just grabbed a small rack that looked like a bread rack then some of the giant shelving racks they use to stock the merch which is what those of us that worked for Sam's Club would call "steel". I could have grabbed a lot more but we really didn't need any of it and I was taking it just because more than anything. I know our local grocery store does the same thing and puts all of their obsolete racks of all shapes and sizes behind the store.
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We bought a bunch of affordable speed racks from peachsuite.com, touched up the stamped rack wings with some emery, cut 'em in half and used dowels to expand them to the right size. They're great except a full rack of M3 rollers just feels sketchy rolling over our bumpy wood floor.
What we did is the cheapest and easiest way to get a good, clean and mesh safe screen rack on casters with locks, I think each rack was around a hundo, but I'd really only recommend it for static or lighter weight frames if you are moving them around loaded. We'll have to invest in some burlier racks at some point, probably should have done so from the get go.
I'm in for a group buy on something better suited.
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here are the racks we ordered, they are not in position to deal on larger qty so I went ahead and ordered a couple.
I remembered later that they were $250 before and they are $200 now.
here's the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADJUSTABLE-ALUMINUM-DRYING-RACK-SCREEN-PRINTING-NEW-/331711645060?hash=item4d3b8e0584:g:77sAAOxydB1SiNRh (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADJUSTABLE-ALUMINUM-DRYING-RACK-SCREEN-PRINTING-NEW-/331711645060?hash=item4d3b8e0584:g:77sAAOxydB1SiNRh)
pierre
p.s. somebody else is selling the same thing for $375 on ebay
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here are the racks we ordered, they are not in position to deal on larger qty so I went ahead and ordered a couple.
I remembered later that they were $250 before and they are $200 now.
here's the link:
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADJUSTABLE-ALUMINUM-DRYING-RACK-SCREEN-PRINTING-NEW-/331711645060?hash=item4d3b8e0584:g:77sAAOxydB1SiNRh[/url] ([url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADJUSTABLE-ALUMINUM-DRYING-RACK-SCREEN-PRINTING-NEW-/331711645060?hash=item4d3b8e0584:g:77sAAOxydB1SiNRh[/url])
pierre
p.s. somebody else is selling the same thing for $375 on ebay
The company that makes them is http://aaframes.com (http://aaframes.com) They are also called Alloy America. They have been around for a long time. I used to buy screens from them like 5 years ago. I still use the first spot gun i bought from them
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How sturdy are these filled up with roller frames? Our half priced options sway pretty hard.
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here are the racks we ordered, they are not in position to deal on larger qty so I went ahead and ordered a couple.
I remembered later that they were $250 before and they are $200 now.
here's the link:
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADJUSTABLE-ALUMINUM-DRYING-RACK-SCREEN-PRINTING-NEW-/331711645060?hash=item4d3b8e0584:g:77sAAOxydB1SiNRh[/url] ([url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADJUSTABLE-ALUMINUM-DRYING-RACK-SCREEN-PRINTING-NEW-/331711645060?hash=item4d3b8e0584:g:77sAAOxydB1SiNRh[/url])
pierre
p.s. somebody else is selling the same thing for $375 on ebay
The company that makes them is [url]http://aaframes.com[/url] ([url]http://aaframes.com[/url]) They are also called Alloy America. They have been around for a long time. I used to buy screens from them like 5 years ago. I still use the first spot gun i bought from them
hahah i just went to the site and they are "closed".
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How sturdy are these filled up with roller frames? Our half priced options sway pretty hard.
let me get the two I ordered today and I'll be able to answer questions better. We last bought them 4 years ago, so I wanna make sure nothing changed.
pierre
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the alloy america ones are nice... I have 2 of them here... and 3 'webstaurant-store' cheapies... the cheapies do have a support in the middle, so while they're light weight, they're not too rickety when filled with roller frames... but nowhere near as nice as the AA ones.
(of course the webstaurant ones are like $90 each..)
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Kind of funny this came up today, we just finished the rack below at 6pm today! We are on 2 floors so a rolling rack is not realistic or useful for us.
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/24/df896461c490a73426d1aef3aec8a84b.jpg)
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Interesting set up Alex. What do you use those for. I only rack my screens when drying or coated. If they are waiting for reclaim they just lean against a wall. Twin City Tees, I was wonderign what TCT was. I'm originally from Wisconsin so I guess I can't talk to you anymore...or is the rivalry over...
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I make my own, welded metal.
The eBay frames must wobble, the only have a cross bar on the top but it would be quite easy to add cross bars and strengthen them if they are cheap enough.
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Interesting set up Alex. What do you use those for. I only rack my screens when drying or coated. If they are waiting for reclaim they just lean against a wall. Twin City Tees, I was wonderign what TCT was. I'm originally from Wisconsin so I guess I can't talk to you anymore...or is the rivalry over...
From Wisconsin?? Oh, you mean Minnesota junior! ;D
That is where we will stage screens ready for printing.
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I'm from Iowa, and I broke down and talked to Alex once. He ain't that bad. And his crew can drink!!! ;)
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Oh crap, my family is from Wisconsin AND Minnesota, what does that make me?
I like that table, that looks nice. Is that for post expose?
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Interesting set up Alex. What do you use those for. I only rack my screens when drying or coated. If they are waiting for reclaim they just lean against a wall. Twin City Tees, I was wonderign what TCT was. I'm originally from Wisconsin so I guess I can't talk to you anymore...or is the rivalry over...
From Wisconsin?? Oh, you mean Minnesota junior! ;D
That is where we will stage screens ready for printing.
Alex if that's what its for you need a row of these....
http://www.amazon.com/ADVANTUS--Strip-Display-Regular-Aluminum/dp/B00007LB24/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&qid=1448486220&sr=8-32&keywords=paper+holding+bar (http://www.amazon.com/ADVANTUS--Strip-Display-Regular-Aluminum/dp/B00007LB24/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&qid=1448486220&sr=8-32&keywords=paper+holding+bar)
I have a 5 foot bar above my shirt sorting table and my end of dryer sorting table. I use a regular 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper for my job sheets. They slide in nice and they are held to you can easy read the job. I used to use tacks but the wall was getting messed up and they are hard to ready when the fans are on.
I live in Arizona now so really no need to make fun of Mini-soda... Whats the temp there...I am wearing shorts and I used my ac in my car on the way back from lunch....I win..
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just wanted to give a quick update on this....
we got our first one in last week. After putting it all together, one of the welded bars that has threading for a screw just broke. It wasn't super crucial, duct tape fixed the job, but that was a bummer.
Now my guy in the dark room is telling me it doesn't fit 23x31 frames correctly, and they have to go in an angle, otherwise they will fall out.
Bummer for sure.
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Be wary of buying these. We just had a rack break and bust 4 screens.
The rack busted in the weld points, where the bars connect to the two sides with shelves. But it busted 3 at once.
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Be wary of buying these. We just had a rack break and bust 4 screens.
The rack busted in the weld points, where the bars connect to the two sides with shelves. But it busted 3 at once.
I would contact them with photos. We have a half dozen of these for a number of years now and have never had a single issue.
We did drill new sets of holes in the crossbars to make them only for 23x31, instead of "universal".
Also, when we contacted them initially, we told them we wanted multiple and they gave us a discount on buying more.
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Were you wrestling with it :D
I kid, I kid. Sucks it broke like that. I built one of mine from scratch, but the other two are just pan racks for restaurants that I cut in half and widened. Too about maybe 30 minutes each. They have held up for a long time now and were dirt cheap at a used restaurant supply place...
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Be wary of buying these. We just had a rack break and bust 4 screens.
The rack busted in the weld points, where the bars connect to the two sides with shelves. But it busted 3 at once.
I would contact them with photos. We have a half dozen of these for a number of years now and have never had a single issue.
We did drill new sets of holes in the crossbars to make them only for 23x31, instead of "universal".
Also, when we contacted them initially, we told them we wanted multiple and they gave us a discount on buying more.
This is the 3rd rack that's had something break in the same spot.
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Now my guy in the dark room is telling me it doesn't fit 23x31 frames correctly, and they have to go in an angle, otherwise they will fall out.
Bummer for sure.
Yeah I just bought three of these and I am having that problem. Going to have to re drill them cause it's super annoying
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We have the ones Pierre posted, except we ordered through SPSI I believe? They hold up fine, we just had to re-drill a couple holes to move them in closer as they were too far apart and screens would fall unless you were really careful when putting them in there/ pulling them out.
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we've ordered 4 of these racks. last week, one just completly crumbled, and popped 4 screens. I've called them, and sent them pictures, and didn't hear back.
Called them today, and the guys asked me what i wanted him to do. I said, please send me replacement for the 4 broken pieces.
He then said, oh we can't do that. I import 1500 carts a month, and i've never had this problem.
Then I said, oh that's weird, here is pictures of everyone of my carts breaking in the same place.
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we've ordered 4 of these racks. last week, one just completly crumbled, and popped 4 screens. I've called them, and sent them pictures, and didn't hear back.
Called them today, and the guys asked me what i wanted him to do. I said, please send me replacement for the 4 broken pieces.
He then said, oh we can't do that. I import 1500 carts a month, and i've never had this problem.
Then I said, oh that's weird, here is pictures of everyone of my carts breaking in the same place.
I F'ing HATE that more than anything.
"We've never heard of that." Really, because I know of 3 people that it's happen to... so hard to say that it's THAT isolated!
Then next thing you know, "new and improved design"... oh really? Why's that?!?!?!
Just own up man!
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These guys are out of Pittsburgh I drove over there a few years ago and bought these same racks. I have not had a problem with them but did have to drill a hole to accommodate the 23x31 frame better. This is a small operation and I doubt it changed. They also make frames, but from what I saw it was maybe 4 guys doing all the work.