Foundation Press Studio’s Blog » Blog Archive » Leveraging bar??</http://title> <style type="text/css"> div.main { background: #1E2022 url(http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-content/themes/gear/images/bg/two-gears.gif) repeat scroll 0 0; } </style> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.7.1" />  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-spamfree/js/wpsf-js.php"></script>  </head> <body> <div class="main"> <div class="container"> <div class=�header� onclick=�location.href=�http://www.foundationpressscreenprinting.com� style=�cursor: pointer;�></div> <div class="header span-24"> <div class="intro span-18"> <div class="intro-wrapper paddings"> <span class="logo"><a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/">Foundation Press Studio’s Blog</a></span> <span class="slogan">www.fpressstudio.com</span> </div> </div> <div class="icons span-6 last"> <div class="paddings"> <div class="icons-wrapper"> <div class=�header� onclick=�location.href=�http://www.foundationpressscreenprinting.com� style=�cursor: pointer;�></div> <a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/?feed=rss2" title="RSS link"><img src="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-content/themes/gear/images/ico/rss.gif" alt="RSS icon" /></a> <a href="mailto:info@fpressstudio.com"><img src="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-content/themes/gear/images/ico/mail.gif" alt="Email icon" /></a> <a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/"><img src="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-content/themes/gear/images/ico/home.gif" alt="Bullet (black)" /></a> </div> <div class=�header� onclick=�location.href=�http://www.foundationpressscreenprinting.com� style=�cursor: pointer;�></div> <div class="search fr"> <form action="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/" method="post" id="srch-frm"> <div class="search-wrapper"> <input type="text" value="" class="textfield" name="s" id="s" /> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu span-24"> <ul class="menu-wrapper"> <li class="first "><a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/" title="">Home</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-2"><a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/?page_id=2" title="<a href="http://www.fpressstudio.com/FPS/services_page.html">About</a>"><a href="http://www.fpressstudio.com/FPS/services_page.html">About</a></a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-85"><a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/?page_id=85" title="<a href="http://fpressstudio.com">VISIT MAIN SITE HERE: www.fpressstudio.com </a>"><a href="http://fpressstudio.com">VISIT MAIN SITE HERE: www.fpressstudio.com </a></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content span-24"> <div class="posts span-18 last"> <div class="paddings"> <ul class="items"> <li> <h2> Leveraging bar?? </h2> <div class="info"> <span class="date">Posted on June 3rd, 2009</span> <span class="author">Posted by: curt</span> <span class="comment">2 comments</span> </div> <p><img src="file:///C:/Users/Fpressstudio/Desktop/IMG_0313.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-69" title="img_03131" src="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_03131.jpg" alt="img_03131" width="567" height="755" />I am incredibly curious about the contraption this printer is using. It seems to be a sort of leveraging bar for the squeegee pressure? I have been around a number of graphic presses both automatic and manual, but I’ve never witnessed anything like this. I imagine it to be a great hybrid that eases the labor load for the printer without loosing the hands on control. Anyone care to enlighten me? This is a shot of the inner workings of the <a href="http://www.stolenspace.com/">Stolen Space print shop</a> in London. They are printing <a href="http://www.jeffsoto.com/">Jeff Soto’s</a> prints for his <a href="http://www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=3">‘Inland Emire’ show</a> which runs from 14.05.09 - 07.06.09.</p> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="info"> <span class="cat block"><a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/?cat=6" title="View all posts in equipment" rel="category">equipment</a>, <a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/?cat=7" title="View all posts in prints" rel="category">prints</a>, <a href="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/?cat=3" title="View all posts in shows" rel="category">shows</a></span> </div> <div class="com">  <div class="clr"> </div> <h3 id="comments" class="block">2 Responses to “Leveraging bar??”</h3> <ol class="list-4"> <li class="alt" id="comment-3"> <div class="com-header"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/459f62ac7df68275340c6978eaad9404?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=G' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /> <p class="tp"> <span>Erik</span> <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-3" title="">November 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 am</a> </small> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <p>Andy Warhol used those large pressure bars too, I’ve only seen them used for large prints.</p> </li> <li id="comment-4"> <div class="com-header"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/48f4dd1ff3de4b3ee96b779804c12540?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=G' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /> <p class="tp"> <span><a href='http://www.beaubuckart.com' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>Beaumont</a></span> <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-4" title="">June 8th, 2010 at 4:57 pm</a> </small> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <p>Hey man I thought the same thing, and then I used one. The shop had those leveraging bars mounted to the screen hinge, so when you pulled screen down, bar came down. You put weights on the opposite end of the bar based on squeegee weight and position (like a bucket hanging on other side with bricks in), so when you pulled squeegee down it would ever so gently lift on its own accord, and be light like feather. But it’s not only to ease work (which is necessary for printmaking lifers), it’s absolutely necessary for extra large screens that you couldn’t reach from one end to other; also large flats of color (which may have as much as 60-70lbs. suction with ink), and in all that mentioned, keeping EVEN pressure across whole, so left side gets as much pressure as right, etc.</p> </li> </ol> </div> <div class="reply"> <h3 id="respond" class="title-2 block">Leave a Reply</h3> <form action="http://fpressstudio.com/blog/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform"> <p><input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" size="22" tabindex="1" /> <label for="author" class="author">Name (required)</label></p> <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" size="22" tabindex="2" /> <label for="email" class="email">Mail (will not be published) (required)</label></p> <p><input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="" size="22" tabindex="3" /> <label for="url" class="website">Website</label></p>  <p><textarea name="comment" id="comment" rows="10" tabindex="4" cols="92"></textarea></p> <p><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" /> <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="67" /> </p> <p style="font-size:9px;"><a href="http://www.hybrid6.com/webgeek/plugins/wp-spamfree" title="WP-SpamFree WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin" >Anti-Spam Protection</a> by WP-SpamFree</p> <noscript><p><strong>Currently you have JavaScript disabled. 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