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MkShft Light Table

July 29, 2006

I made this light table for use in burning screens with more accuracy. It is made from a flippped over Lego table with a large window pain resting on the now inverted four legs of the table. The table had the center removed to originally house a hanging bag for block storage. This proved to be a great way to inset the light so that as I was testing out a new brand of emulsion I could adjust the distance from the light to the screen.

Posted by A at July 29, 2006 10:51 PM




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JT added:

Err... what is a Lego table? A table made of Lego bricks??

on August 3, 2006 01:12 PM

A added:

Its actually a table where the top is Lego so that you can build on it. Here is a better detail of what the top looks like here

on August 4, 2006 12:34 AM

ivan added:

I am sorry, what is "burning screens"?

on November 5, 2006 01:48 PM

A added:

I'm self taught and do this ghetto style so there might be a more official/accurate term for it but I am using it to mean the process of developing the photo-emulsion around my drawing.

on November 6, 2006 09:00 AM

Finn added:

That's an excellent improvised design, thank you for posting it. It does seem as tho' you're wasting a lot of light. Have you considered covering the sides or are you using a bulb that produces a great deal of heat? If the latter, I've noticed that most light tables/boxes use compact flourescent bulbs because they produce less heat.

on January 31, 2007 07:27 AM

A added:

Thanks Finn, you are absolutely correct and I probably should have mentioned this in the post. There is a large piece of black corduroy on top that you can kind of see in the one image that I use to drape over the entire thing during the process. I just pulled it all up because it made for nicer looking images.

on February 2, 2007 10:59 AM

Tim added:

I'm an newbie screen printer. I've only made two screens with decent results but I'm dependent on the materials in my art room, the emulsion my art teacher puts on the screens, and her light tables. I want to know a little bit about the basic setup and materials you use for your screens. Light bulbs, emulsion, distance/burning time, screens/thread count, for example. Nothing large-scale, not much bigger than T-shirt material. It would help if you e-mailed me if you could.
Thanks,
Tim

on May 16, 2007 05:54 PM

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