DIY 110 dry sift screen & frame for $15

[Greenheart]

"Well, I've been to two Michael's, and they don't have this screen in stock. They have a larger mesh screen in stock. I will keep trying."

Guess that was a stoner moment for me and here I thought my tolerance was getting too high.

 

[silver hawaiian]

 

[nuckfuts]

Thanks, silver hawaiin, for the remind of where to find cheap screen.

 

[Chamba]

Let's get Meshed up!


For stainless steel meshes, use staples and while you can fix a synthetic mesh to a wooden frame with staples, there is a better way : Superglue works better, it's permanent and helps keeps a perfect even tautness that staples cannot do...also staples can cause rips if the mesh is too taut.

Cut the mesh so there is an inch extra on all sides (so the mesh can be tacked and later when the glue dries, then trim the mesh off with a sharp blade) Stretch the mesh taut and tack it in place then dribble a fine line of Superglue over the mesh so it soaks down onto the wood frame...allow to dry for 20 minutes or so (the drying time varies, depending on the brand and type) then remove the tacks.

Superglue can "run" quite freely and run down the wood frame and over the mesh if you allow it to, so make sure to cut the nozzle so only a tiny stream of glue comes out and it will be much easier to control...also keep some nail polish remover (edited August 4th) (acetone) at hand to dissolve any Superglue that might stick your fingers together!. Acetone is Kryptonite for Super glue

When trimming off the excess mesh from the outside edges of the frame, often there will loose threads and other fraying, use a quick wave from an inch or more away (that's all it takes) of a butane lighter to clean up the fraying, this will make it nice and neat...but be careful not to let the flame near to the stretched mesh or you will cause holes.

Also note that a tautly stretched mesh can and will bow in the wooden frame side, so make sure to use/buy/make wooden frames with thick sides ....also as we are sifting not screen printing make sure the screen frame sides are at least an inch or more high so the plant material doesn't spill over the side when working it (or if you only have a low sided frame, lightly break up the plant material and use a sheet of wood or other material as a lid for the top screen frame..alternatively, buy a screen printing frame and cut four slats of wood which are 0.25 inch thick and 3 or 4 inches high that fit inside the frame and sit on the mesh to help raise the side of the frame from one inch to 3 or 4 inches so you won't get spillover.

 

[Chamba]

by the way, shouldn't this thread be posted in the "Hashish" forum?

 

[silver hawaiian]

That's probably a more appropriate home for it. Mods, anyone watching, .. ?

 

[Respectful]

Silver Hawaiian, I have been scratching my head of where to get silk screen and what to do with it once I got it. Thank you so much for this informative post!

respect

 

[Respectful]

I will also check out Chamba's suggestion too!

 

[Desert Hydro]

i went to michaels and couldnt find the screens. i then checked joanns fabrics to no avail. i ended up using my bubble bags and some dry ice chunks which works nice but the dry ice isnt 100% "dry" and tends to wet and clog the screen after a while. went from 220 then down to 75

 

[Treetroit City]

Oh yeah, apparently I bought one of these back in January.

One of these days I'll get to it.

 

[mk6]

Thats a really nice dry sift box, I like how you made it all... gota love lil projects...

I made mine from a wine box every, the wine stores round here just toss them out, and they will give you a box. pretty cool. I like the wine boxes b/c they are already built and whats even better that have a built in grove for your glass, so all you gota do is have a piece cut that will slide into it... think that was 5bucks lol

oh an I got my screen at ace hardware, its like 10 bucks a foot cant remember the hole size, but its there tightest/smallest... and this thing has put out some fine product... great for cooking....

 

[Gry]

Need a couple of these for my project shelf.