Anyone make silk screen stencils?

[gavcarter]

After a couple made-up, look like a right arse-on with lights and emulsion and crap.
Does anyone know if i can get one made up somewhere, or maybe just get one cut from thin plasti-card or similar?
Cheers
Gav

[janner_10]

Make your own with a printer:

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Silk-Screen-Stencils
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I can lasercut designs for you.
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[nowhere.elysium]

Provided there's no PVC involved, certainly. I've got a couple of large-ish 80w lasers at my disposal, and a smaller 35w one, which is a bit better at tiny detailed stuff. What sort of sheet sizes are you thinking?
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On second thought i would prefer to use woven wire for the screen https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Woven-Wire-80-Mesh-30cm-x-30cm-x0-18mm-Filter-Fine-Stainless-Steel-/261141009316?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item3ccd3793a4

So that is what the stencil would be bonded too ( somehow) I think id probably coat the stencil in contact adhesive or something then press them both together.

Unless your mini laser can create the stencil from half a million 0.15mm holes so that we have a solid sheet that is perforated in the shape of the design?
I guess this would take some setting up and a very long run time?

[nowhere.elysium]

I know full well that it needs to be a complete stencil; however, unless you decide that you want me to do the design work (which will of course cost a bit more) that remains you issue to sort, I'm afraid.
If you want something a bit more permanent and hardwearing, I can do you a couple of stencils in 3mm acrylic sheet, which should survive a long time, provided you don't play frisbee with them. It wouldn't really be appropriate for screen printing, but would work very well for spraypainting.

If you're dead set on screen printing, I'll try and have a word with the print guy here, see if he's got any recommendations on how to set up a job for that.
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[Aff]

Have you tried asking a screen making company?

I know our screens division have supplied one offs before and they weren't overly expensive, less than £100, and thats for a 1 micron accuracy emulsion 20" screen. They should also last over 15000 cycles printing by hand.
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