Aluminum frame with slots to attach
mesh with locking strips. Locking strips come with frame. Mesh is
purchased separately. Mesh is inserted using Alignment Clips purchased
separately. Once mesh is in frame, you soften the corners using your
finger, and then rotate the rollers to tighten the mesh. All you need
is a flat work table, a 5/8 socket wrench and 1-1/4" open ended wrench
that any hardware store sells. You should also have a semi-hard pad
under each of the 4 corners made from material that is exactly the same
thickness. See the video "Screen Printing's Best Screen" for
instructions how to insert mesh and why these are by far the #1 frame
available to screen printers. With screens other than retensionable, you
can stretch mesh to its maximum tension and glue the mesh to the frame,
but two hours later the mesh will have lost 25% of the tension. As you
print with such screens, you continue to lose tension. Then you
experience color registration problems, ink driven into the fabric
rather than opaque images, ink build up under screens that needs to be
cleaned to avoid ghost or shadow prints, and more problems. We
recommend starting with 1-2 frames. Once you use a Newman frame, you
will never want to use any other frame. See also "Inserting/Tensioning Mesh 1,2"
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