
You do not have to be a skilled craftsman or have any advanced skills to build any of the units that are described in this article.
Many new screen printers don’t have a unlimited budget when starting out, and building your own exposure unit is one way you can save money.
For many, building a “home-made” unit is a source of pride and achievement.
Another benefit of “doing it yourself” is that if anything ever breaks, you’ll know how to fix it, since you built if yourself.
In this article (revised 6/4/15), we're going to present several types of homemade exposure units you can build. All are affordable and will do the job of burning screens nicely.