Subject:
|
Re: Silkscreening parts
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.parts.mod
|
Date:
|
Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:12:39 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
6208 times
|
| |
 | |
In lugnet.parts.mod, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> Mike was talking about a $30 mini-silk-screening machine (what make/model
> Mike?). I shudder to think what my compressor and double-action air brush
> would cost today.
I heard back from my friend Lee in email today:
In mike's.email.inbox, Lee wrote:
> That silkscreen thing is called a Gocco printer and is a really cool
> little tool. I made a 4 color promo and did 50 prints in like 4 hours
> total! I think 1 in 3 households in japan have them. You can get them at
> Art Supply warehouse in orange county. They are like $60 plus the inks
> (metallics even!). If you buy one be sure to get extra bulbs and a few
> extra screens for it since it's a hassle to get back to that art store. Oh
> yeah, get as much black ink as you can because people like me go in and
> raid it so no one else can play.
>
> The only problem with printing on a lego is that the bed of the little
> machine is flat and needs to be "pressed" down to make the ink transfer.
> You're pretty crafty so you should be able to figure out something. Hope
> it works out!
Apparently my memory of it costing $30 was from the art school resale boards. I
found the product website here:
http://www.gocco.com/gocco.HTM
It'll be a month or so before I have time to get out and shop for one of these,
but I'll update once I've had a chance to play with it a little bit.
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:  | | Re: Silkscreening parts
|
| (...) So, how did it go? Did you find a way to make this gadget work on LEGO parts? If so, what about odd-shaped parts like minifig torsos or heads? I'm pretty interested in this approach too, as it sounds like it should produce a much (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Silkscreening parts
|
| (...) Mike was talking about a $30 mini-silk-screening machine (what make/model Mike?). I shudder to think what my compressor and double-action air brush would cost today -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
|
19 Messages in This Thread:           
     
           
         
     
   
   
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|