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| infamouscody |
 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:56 pm |
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Location: florida
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i usualy make my frames with a groove cut in them for spline.. i heard some people just staple the mesh on.. does anyone have any reasons why spline is bad or stapling is better?
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| kilwag |
| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:46 am |
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Location: Portland OR,
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Not necessarily bad but here are some points to consider.
Stapling is faster
Stapling sometimes done through a ribbon material to keep the staples rfrom ripping out, can be more sturdy than the spline
I've never had good luck gettting really tight stretches with a spline.
I use a two part glue method. |
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| stoney66 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:12 pm |
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I use staples w/ no problems on flat screens. You just have no idea what your newtons are.... I personally don't care, but some people are really into the "newton scene" -lol.
I'm just ghetto, and make it work.
Using staples on bent screens can get a bit trcky, I use super glue on the bends to give it more strength.
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| infamouscody |
| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:45 pm |
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| thnx, i might just giv it a try |
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| Fool's Gold |
| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:03 am |
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| if you can, but aluminum screens. the difference is night and day (at least for shirts and flatstock items) a hand stretched screen will have maybe a newton or two, where as a roller frame or an aluminum stretched on a proper table will be tight as a drum and actually hold register. Your screens are the most important part of your setup . . . don't put holes in them with scissors, like I did already today . . . |
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| sheltered |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 3:29 am |
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| I have a few Newman roller frames I use to stretch my wood frames. I tighten them up and glue them on. I used to use epoxy, but waterproof woodworks glue works just fine. I place a few bricks on the corners to make sure the glue penetrates the mesh. |
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| PASS |
| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:33 am |
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Location: Oregon
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I do the same thing... use a newman screen (larger than wood frame of course) to stretch screens over the wood frame... then use a glue (smells like crazy glue)..spray with a activator and "pow" cured in seconds and ready to cut excess from wood. I found much quicker.. cleaner, tighter screens... the "groove and cord" method got old and tiresome... try this other method and you'll never go back... I'd say it's the next best thing to having a pneumatic stretcher to do the work for you. O'yea, I only do this for flat frames... for skateboard frames (curved wood)...I do the 'ole fashion stretch and staple method.. fyi
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