$200.00
The SKATE MATE platen by Jolly Roger Skateboards is the first commercially available platen for screen-printing skateboard decks. If you already have a set of hinge clamps and are looking to make your own jig to screen-print skateboard decks the Skate Mate takes all of the guess work out of a quality jig. With a little ingenuity the Skate Mate platen is adaptable to any DIY press, table clamp set-up, etc.
If you have one of the presses listed below printing skateboards on your t-shirt press can be as easy as changing out the platen on your press, and you will be screen-printing "between-the-truck" skateboard graphics with your standard 20x24 screens in no time. Side clamps are suggested for better control over graphic placement.
The Skate Mate is drilled to be compatible with the following presses:
LAWSON - Used with their Standard Rectangle Slip-Tube. *The Skate Mate was designed for Lawson presses so this is the ideal press for using the Skate Mate platen.
SILVER PRESS - Some minor modification to your standard bracket is required. You will need to drill out your mounting holes with a 1/4 drill bit. *You will also need 4 risers of some sort to raise the Skate Mate platen from your Silver Press platen bracket. We suggest aluminum spacers that are 1-1/4” long, drilled for a 1/4” bolt size with a 5/8” OD.
*If you do not have one of the two presses listed above we do not guarantee that the Skate Mate will work with your press without: modifying your platen bracket, buying additional adapter plates or other parts for your press, modifying the Skate Mate platen, etc. *If your press is not capable of achieving 3 inches of off-contact the Skate Mate will not have the off-contact that is necessary to print skateboards. *With that being said, we have had customers that use WORKHORSE and VASTEX presses that have got the Skate Mate to work with their presses (with some additional modifications).
- Platen Bracket is not included.
- Spacers are not included for Silver Press platen brackets. We suggest 4 aluminum spacers that are 1-1/4” long, drilled for a 1/4” bolt size with a 5/8” OD.
- We only ship to the lower 48 states.
For more information or compatibility questions drop us an email via our contact page and include a phone number that we can reach you at.