Help wanted: building a screen printing clamp pls read

messenjar · Post by **messenjar** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:10 pm

Hi all this my first post hope it's in the right place,

Well Iâ€™m just getting into screen printing, I do a bit at Uni but Iâ€™m trying to set up a little studio at home I have some screens and will be getting some squeegees soon. I just need some help in making a clamp (like the one in the pictures) which I well attach to my table and then the screen:

Iâ€™m ok at D.I.Y so I should be able to put it together but Iâ€™m not sure what the parts are called like the bolts, and where I could purchase them from, and any suggestions on what I could use to make the bracket type things.

The version I plan to make will be longer and have to 4 screws 2 top and to bottom

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks Ant

Post by **d fleming** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:18 pm

Just order them. They're cheap enough. Tubelite or Melray would probably have them. They are called hinge clamps. They come in a model that you can adjust rear height as well.

messenjar · Post by **messenjar** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:20 pm

thanks for the reply but all the hinge clamps that i have seen would require me screwing them to my table which i dont want to do as i want to be able to move the clamps. Do you know what the name of that sort of screw is.

Post by **d fleming** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:59 am

Looks like a simple thumb screw. Perhaps you could mount hingeclamp to a board or length of metal and clamp that to your table.

messenjar · Post by **messenjar** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:33 pm

Thanks for the suggestion just finding it quite difficult to find the Hinge clamps in the UK or from an american online store that is willing to ship them to the UK.

screenzzzz · Post by **screenzzzz** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:15 am

Actually me ol darlin your picture is the answer! If it were me, I would not buy two regular screw down clamp hinges from Tubelite or whatever distributors are there. I would buy four and hold them hinge to hinge, with a little aluminum epoxy between them and screw them together.

â€œThe main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.â€

messenjar · Post by **messenjar** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:18 am

Thanks for the tip mate, but I actually found some plans to build a press on line and adapted it to what I wanted and the parts I could did my best and its and works well I use 2 parliament hinges drilled hole in them for the bolts the attached these to my to some wood I attached to the table top here a few pics.

screenzzzz · Post by **screenzzzz** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:35 pm

Fantastic, screen printing is a pisser, I hope you get as much out of it as I do.
GAry