How to make a silk-screen printer

A silk-screen printer is relatively easy to make with materials that are generally accessible and inexpensive. These modules give instructions for a silk-screen printer like those made in Papua New Guinea.

1. Gather the materials and cut them to size.

   See:	Materials needed to make a silk-screen printer

2. Make the base>
3. Make the frame.
4. Finish the frame.
5. Attach the fabric to the frame.
6. Attach the frame to the base.
7. Make or buy a silk-screen applicator.

Here is an illustration to help you do the steps for making a silk-screen printer

• Illustration

• How to print on fabric with a silk-screen printer

See the following online books for more information:

• Bootstrap literature, How to construct a silk-screen mimeograph

• Stringer and Faraclas 1987
• Echerd and Walter 1981

• Task module: How to make a silk-screen printer
• In task module: Using a silk-screen printer
• In task module: Printing literacy materials
• In task module: Producing printed materials, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor, contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Diane Wroge (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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