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screen printing => Equipment => DIY - From master engineered marvels to cobbled together jury-rigged or Jerry-built junk! => Topic started by: Nick Bane on April 13, 2014, 06:41:06 PM
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Looks nice! What did you use for the "rails"?
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Thanks! The frame is 2x4 redwood i think and the rails just standard home depot 1x2 furring strips. had to dig for a few minutes and break into a fresh still strapped bundle to get straight ones but wasnt too big of a deal. stole the casters off a cheap harbor freight moving dolly since the dolly was cheaper than buying just the casters haha. It gets the job done. 8)
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How is this guy holding up?
I need another screen rack and not about to pay what they want for the aluminum ones you can buy.
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Did you coat the strips in anything? I have popped a screen on those wood 1x2's before, even after sanding them down. Some little splinter caught the mesh :/
I picked up two used 20 slot aluminum racks on craigslist just last week, $50 for the pair. Cut each in half and about 10 minutes to screw in a few 2x4s on the top and bottom to widen them. Working great in my new screen room!
I'm not sure what your budget is, but if you're handy enough to cut the racks in half, you can find brand new 20 slot aluminum racks from restaurant supply companies for $119 shipped if you cant find them used.
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I'm THAT cheap. ;)
I need to find them used... I just don't ever take them time to look... I really need to utilize that "let me find that for you" site or whatever it was. I tried craigwatch, that just sucked balls.
As far as coating strips... polyken would fix that up real quick. :)
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I picked up two used 20 slot aluminum racks on craigslist just last week, $50 for the pair. Cut each in half and about 10 minutes to screw in a few 2x4s on the top and bottom to widen them. Working great in my new screen room!
Now that is a great idea. You just saved me some dinero, many thanks sir. Pics?
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How is this guy holding up?
I need another screen rack and not about to pay what they want for the aluminum ones you can buy.
Dude, I have had wood "rails" made out of 2x2's for YEARS I have never poped a screen on them due to a splinter ect. Think someone on here mentioned using like 2" PVC pipe that also sounds like a good idea.
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I picked up two used 20 slot aluminum racks on craigslist just last week, $50 for the pair. Cut each in half and about 10 minutes to screw in a few 2x4s on the top and bottom to widen them. Working great in my new screen room!
Now that is a great idea. You just saved me some dinero, many thanks sir. Pics?
I picked up a couple of aluminum baker racks which came with aluminum bars for width that were too narrow. I just got a couple sticks of boxed aluminum and set the width for newmans. I paid a little more since mine were not used, but still a good price.
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How is this guy holding up?
I need another screen rack and not about to pay what they want for the aluminum ones you can buy.
Dude, I have had wood "rails" made out of 2x2's for YEARS I have never poped a screen on them due to a splinter ect. Think someone on here mentioned using like 2" PVC pipe that also sounds like a good idea.
That was me. Just grind/sand the ends though
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Cut the edge of the wood at an angle before screwing them in place and with that angle you are almost screen safe. Add a smooth strip of plastic over top of that and now it is almost impossible to bust a screen from the rack.
Screen holders like this \ / but not as steep.
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i built my drying cabinet similar, and for the rails, home depot sells 2 foot straight lengths of black abs (i believe) for doing sprinklers, and such. they're about 1" diameter, maybe a little bigger. perfect.
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If you look close you can see we used 1/2 " wood dowels in this frig conversion and 1/2" pvc pipe on the dryer cabinet.
mooseman
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This hit me right after I posted, you can make a real cheap and dirty screen rack out of simple PVC pipe. A bit of a "moosegoldberg" arrangement but it can work estimated cost under $40.00.
Hope you can read the moose scratching ;)
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Did you slip in the bathroom and hit your head on the toilet when this came to you?
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I do my best thinkin' with a clear mind, and you should see the dent in the porcelain ::)
mooseman
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This hit me right after I posted, you can make a real cheap and dirty screen rack out of simple PVC pipe. A bit of a "moosegoldberg" arrangement but it can work estimated cost under $40.00.
Hope you can read the moose scratching ;)
No offense Mike, but the wooden one is probably cheaper to build and more sturdy.
I got 2 aluminum bakers racks for about $85 each and simply cut the bars they gave me and got a small section of larger aluminum box to sleeve over the cut pieces to make it the size I wanted. I did have to replace their 4 pieces of threaded rod. So I probably paid about $95 each. But they 'look' nice, lol.
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Screen, I dig it but you can't build a wood rack with a hack saw, drill bit and a can of solvent cement.
But best of all it qualifies as a moosegoldberg hall of fame candidate. ;)
mooseman
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Screen, I dig it but you can't build a wood rack with a hack saw, drill bit and a can of solvent cement.
But best of all it qualifies as a moosegoldberg hall of fame candidate. ;)
mooseman
Got ya. Tool deficit. I been collecting tools for a long time.
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I do my best thinkin' with a clear mind, and you should see the dent in the porcelain ::)
mooseman
Doc Brown reference if you missed it.
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I've been using PVC racks for years. If you cut the pieces to fit well newmans ride on the 'T' joint and the screen face does not touch the cross bar. Very light weight and washable. I like a clean screen drying space. Sealing wood is a pain. When I was truly ghetto I didn't glue anything and it broke down when not in use. Moosegoldberg, cool.
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I do my best thinkin' with a clear mind, and you should see the dent in the porcelain ::)
mooseman
Doc Brown reference if you missed it.
Missed it...........missed it....... Ha I had to google Doc Brown to see who the heck he is / was depending on where your DeLorean is parked . Absolutely no clue :o :( ;D
mooseman
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I've been using PVC racks for years. If you cut the pieces to fit well newmans ride on the 'T' joint and the screen face does not touch the cross bar. Very light weight and washable. I like a clean screen drying space. Sealing wood is a pain. When I was truly ghetto I didn't glue anything and it broke down when not in use. Moosegoldberg, cool.
Now that gets 4 antlers up
mooseman
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Have you not seen Back to the Future?!
If not, you should... it's pretty classic. Now part 2 is meh... still kind of a classic.... 3, you might as well skip it, even though they tie 2's ending into it pretty hard. My understanding is they filmed them basically back to back... but it's pretty weak and of course the plot holes are abound!
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Hey Gilly,
no not much of a movie fan, never saw Back.... can't seem to sit still that long ALTHOUGH right at this very moment, as I type, I am re-living the BLUES BROTHERS on the tee wee.
JAKE.....ELWOOD and the penguin is kicking the crap out of the boys I am pi$$ing my pants ;D.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkowVU5mZI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkowVU5mZI)
mooseman