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Re: Silkscreening parts
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Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:12:39 GMT
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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.
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> 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.
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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<-- (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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