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by: Jakob Griffith 125 Comments
June 6, 2010
For those unaware, the little acronym above stands for Do-It-Yourself-Direct-
To-Garment printing. In laymans terms, printing your own shirts and designs. SEARCH
Commercial DTGs can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 which for the hobbyist
who only wants a few shirts is ridiculous. So you would think this field of technology SEARCH
would be hacked to no end, but weve actually only seen one other fully finished and
working DIYDTG. So we took it upon ourselves to build a DIYDTG as cheaply and as
successfully as possible.
We would like to take this moment to thank [makemygraphix] for his original designs, NEVER MISS A HACK
as ours is heavily based off his. And Tshirt Forums, for their valuable input.
For your own DIYDTG youll need a few parts, (we honestly just used what we had
lying around)
-3/4 inch particle board/plywood/MDF
-1/2 inch particle board/plywood/MDF
-1/4 inch plywood
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an HP DeskJet 3845, Canon iP1500, Brother MFC420CN, Epson Stylus Photo 820 and
an Epson Stylus c40. Why so many? We literally purchased every printer the local thrift More from this category
store had (at $6 a printer, its not that bad actually), that way the reader wouldnt have
to. Our findings were thus; the HP and the Canon both had rotary encoders on the
paper feed shaft and ended up being a total peta to try to align and get working, both
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part was connected, making it too large and bulky for our needs. Both Epsons used
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paper sensor. Go with Epson! (We ended up using the C40 because it had the 3 ink
CYM system instead of the 5 CYMLCLM system the 820 did).
As for the ink you will be using in your printer, we found DTGinks.com to be a good
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We started off by taking apart the printers. Every printer is different, so we cant give
you details but its relatively simple process. By the end youll only need the head and
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its carriage, the paper feed motor and its shaft, and the power supply.
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Youll need to cut the wood as follows, (it should be noted, these are slightly different
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First clamp the two 26x5 boards together. Now 6 from the end and 2 and 3/8 from Comedicles on Shmoocon 2016: The Best
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Here is a tricky part, the metal track. We mounted the outer part 3/4 from the top on
one of the 26x5(doesnt matter which you choose) pieces and made the Dan on Shmoocon 2016: Phishing for the
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also counter sunk most of our screws, but thats optional). Attach the two 26x1 and
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3/4 to the 26x10. Do the same with the two 26x5 and the 26x11 and 1/2 pieces.
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All that was a little tricky, so here is a picture to help out. For those wondering, the top
tray rolls towards you in this image.
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The next interesting part is mounting the drive motor. It needs to be snug against the
gear of the shaft, yet not too tight to make it grind against the wood. It also needs to
have a way of preventing the shaft from popping out. We solved both problems
relatively simply.
Take your assembly, remove the top shelf, and prop it on its side. Position your motor
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where it will be mounted on top/inside the 26x5 piece. Drop in the shaft, get
everything aligned and draw a circle around the motors base. Using a straight edge
and tangent lines you can approximate the center of your circle.
Use a large hole saw cut it out (it doesnt have to be perfect). Sand/file it so the motor
easily fits in without bending any pins. We pop riveted a 1x3 piece of aluminum to the
motor to make mounting a little easier.
Drop in your shaft and make sure everything lines up. Finally, to prevent the shaft from
slipping in, we used the washers and C clamp from the extra printer parts (you didnt
throw away, right?) on the other 26x5 piece. And to avoid the shaft from slipping out
we took a 1x10 piece of aluminum, bent it in a _n_ shape, drilled a hole for the shaft,
and used a cut up spring from the extra printer parts. A picture is worth 1000 words,
Bare with me, were almost done!
Youll need to modify the printer carriage now, simply cut off the slot that paper used to
come through,
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Youll want to mount it on-top of the two 26x5 pieces about 6 back. We were lucky
and found two of the previous mounting screw holes on the carriage fit perfectly,
however other printers you might need to bend or make your own. (This picture taken
before we made our nifty _n_ bracket).
Now we made our platen, this is the thing your shirt goes on. Its really up to you how
its made, and were not even totally happy with our design, so play around and find
what works best. Ours is 24x9 and 1/2 piece of 1/4 plywood mounted to the top of
two 20x2 and 7/8 pieces of 1/2 plywood. The height measurement completely
depends on the height of your head. For those wondering, we never got an answer for
how far the shirt should actually be from the head, but weve found about 1/8 works
well enough. (The legs you see on our platen were later taken off.)
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Mount your power supply and solder it, alongside your motor, to the driver board.
Now there is one part weve neglected to mention until now. And that is the paper
feed sensor (remember that one sensor we mentioned earlier?). Well its because we
spent 3 days trying to get that sucker to work with our platen. We tried everything,
different timings and positions of the platen, even programming an MCU to try to trick
the printer into thinking the platen was paper. In the end, we just broke it off.
By accident.
And it worked (no really!) It takes a little timing on our part but by hand to trigger the
sensor, but weve never had a misprint like we did with the platen. (Pictured below,
one of our tape attempts at triggering the paper feed sensor, this one worked about
1 out of 50 times).
Powered on,
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Send a print job, hand trigger the paper feed sensor, and we have a print!
Here is just a short video if it in action, most notably you can see us hand triggering the
paper feed sensor. The orange was a test print, as you can see if your platen isnt
100% flat and level relative to the head, youll get some smudging and general print
errors. The white shirt was a perfect (well, test) print that we did a little earlier.
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(Yes, we know the video was blocked earlier. We have re-uploaded it, thank you for
your patience; it should work now.)
*Disclaimer, using tools without proper ear and eye protection can result in a visit to the
hospital. And HaD is in no way responsible for any damages. Be smart, be safe.*
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bencoder says:
June 6, 2010 at 6:06 am
The youtube video appears to have been blocked on copyright grounds.
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Perhaps a music track? Looks like a great project though. good work.
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Adrian says:
June 6, 2010 at 6:12 am
Looks very cool.

Great work!
Chris Muncy says:

June 6, 2010 at 6:19 am
this video contains content from mahalo.com, who has blocked it on copyright
grounds
WTF?!?!?!?!
janin says:
June 6, 2010 at 6:28 am
The website which blocked the video are mostly spammers and content thieves.
This is probably just another way to get their name known.
I have a few questions about the build :

The tray rests on top of the paper feed roller and is moved back and forth only
by friction? Did you modify the roller to give it better traction?
Can you print also on dark colors? Is the ink opaque?
nash says:
May 2, 2013 at 11:24 pm
NO U CANT PRINT IN DARK T-SHIRT, AND THE INK IS NOT OPAQUE
SATovey says:
September 25, 2013 at 8:46 pm
You can but you need a printer that that you can replace a color with
white pigment. Then you need software that knows to print the white
first and then the other colors second.
Psyc0bob says:
June 6, 2010 at 6:29 am
youtube FAIL
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Eric W says:
June 6, 2010 at 6:35 am
What does people eating tasty animals have to do with selecting a printer?
Ryan Leach says:

June 6, 2010 at 7:04 am
peta????? or do you mean P.I.T.A
JohnSmith says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:05 am
Awesome. Does the ink wash out? This might go well with a print cartridge
replacement hack.
Ryan Leach says:

June 6, 2010 at 7:10 am
also have you tried washing the shirts yet? would love to see if it washes out
smudges ruins everything else in the load etc.
julz says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:18 am
How permanent is this ink? Is setting it as simple as ironing the shirt afterwards or
is it best to never wash it? Eew.
Great How-To. Thanks guys
Gordon Brown says:

June 6, 2010 at 7:34 am
Lovely =)
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jeffmhopkins says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:46 am
Anyone have a link to that HAD logo on the shirt?
EdZ says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:48 am
Another mark in favour of (some) Epson printers is the use Piezoelectric print
heads rather than thermal bubble-jet heads. These are somewhat more
accepting of alternate inks (or other fluids) than thermal heads.
Melanie says:
January 22, 2013 at 8:38 pm
Where do you find these heads to fit the epson?
mcmasterp says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:53 am
I second Janins questions. also what is the thing you stretch the tshirt onto and
place on the platen?
notahack says:
June 6, 2010 at 8:47 am
ive done some screen printing and that seems a lot easier than this. especially
for one color printing
bobo says:
June 6, 2010 at 8:54 am
lol cant you buy USB kits for like $300?
Mj says:
June 6, 2010 at 9:09 am
What a co-incidence !!!

I am on my way building a DTG printer using an Epson Stylus C90.
The internals are exact same to the one youve used.
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Doug says:
June 6, 2010 at 9:12 am
*Disclaimer, using tools without proper ear and eye protection can result in a visit
to the hospital. And HaD is in no way responsible for any damages. Be smart, be
safe.*
oh come on, this is not a dangerous project.
steven says:
June 6, 2010 at 9:13 am
Hacks arent necessarily elegant. Just something quick and dirty to see what you
can do. This seems like a good beer fueled weekend with my buddies.I think its
a nice proof of concept. Repurpose a printer into printing cute lil pitchures on
dem dere shirts.
Fuzzy says:
June 6, 2010 at 9:44 am
I love it. I have like 8 Epson printers out in the shop. As soon as I get the
fortyleven projects I am currently working on out of the way I think this will be the
next one in the queue. It will be a great way to P.O.C. shirts this fall.
Tiny says:
June 6, 2010 at 9:55 am
Having worked in the DTG printing machine industry, I can confirm that many use
an Epson printer as their base printer.
The advantage of DTG over screenprinting is the detail and vibrancy of colors.
You dont waste it doing vector images, or compressed images, simple logos.
Leave that to airbrushes or screen printers.
Anyway, there is a reason for (some of) the cost. For one thing, custom ink. It
took years of back and forth with the DuPont ink guys. Another thing is multiple
passes. Also, DTG printers often use multiple passes of the same image. Both of
these are to prevent one thing: Quick fade out. Screenprinting cracks after
multiple washes. The aim of the DTG industry is to produce garments that fades
no faster than the garment itself. Dunno if they are there yet.
Oh yea, our paper feed was wired to a button as well. An important tip: If you
plan on doing bulkier items like sweatshirts, put in a laser sensor to stop the
machine if something is high enough to hit the head. Those bigger items are
harder to get completely flat, and you DO NOT want to have to waste time
cleaning the heads by hand of fabric.
Bob says:
June 6, 2010 at 10:18 am
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and ended up being a total peta to try to align
Lol! Did you guys use voice recognition to write this post?
Looks like a great deal of fun to make, and reminds me that someone needs to
set up a database of what parts can be scavenged out of what printers.
YNH says:
June 6, 2010 at 10:38 am
Where can I get that most awesome logo with the wings?
Sasha says:
June 6, 2010 at 11:19 am
Schweet! So badly wanna do this!
But two questions: will a wash wipe/smudge off the ink, and will this work if I tear
a part a Epson Stylus C64 printer?
bothersaidpooh says:
June 6, 2010 at 11:34 am
epson printers also have very nice steppers, hps have those cheap dc motors
with optical positioners.
Both can be used for makerbots/repraps/etc as well as for any project requiring
high accuracy and repeatability.
Jakob Griffith says:

June 6, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Ill answer a few questions, (keep them coming!)
@janin: Yep, simply friction. We were tempted to add some non-slick grip tape
but found it unnecessary.
The darkest weve tried was a marine blue, it didnt show up as well as we like.
Well be sticking with light colored shirts.
@Eric W: Everything.
@JohnSmith: We tried printing with regular printer inks, and as recommended

DTG shirt inks. The regular washes out and leaves a lovely green stain. The DTG
has yet to come out from wash! (We heat pressed both.)
If we get enough demand, well write up a tutorial on how we replaced the inks
in our cartridges. Its different for every printer though
@mcmasterp: The white thing is just 1/8th inch thick cardboard because we
miss-measured the legs of our platen. It helps put the shirt closer to the print
head.
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@notahack: We can print in full color.
@Doug: We lost a leg during the mod, we found it promptly later, but still be safe.
For the winged HaD logo, you can thank Asyrum,
Jakob Griffith
HackaDay Team
Heliostat hippy says:

June 6, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Does the ink stick?
jjshortcut says:
June 6, 2010 at 12:59 pm
To make the list of printers more complete, its also possible with a Lexmark
605z. For the printerfeed it has a steppermotor (without encoder) Ive made one
for printing on canvas and shirts (and PCBs):
http://jjshortcut.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/dear-printer/
JAdams says:
June 6, 2010 at 1:32 pm
How about printing with a bleach mixture to create a controlled pattern on dark
fabrics? (weaker mixtures for less fading)
Fluffy says:
June 6, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Just casting my vote for a how-to on filling the ink cartridges. Even if its just a
link to a good one.
Simon says:
June 6, 2010 at 2:40 pm
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Would be very happy with a detailed tutorial for the ink cartridge and more on
this one. =D
How hard would you say this hack is?

Could a beginner handle it with some common sense and teh right epson
printer?
Rick says:
June 6, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Does standard Epson ink (for paper) resist PCB etchant?

Does the fabric ink resist etchant?
A direct-print hack for printing masks for PCB etching would be a great boon to
the Maker community.
Daniel says:
June 6, 2010 at 3:39 pm
@Rick
Have you heard of press and peel. All you need is a Laser printer, and some
sheets of this blue stuff and you iron it on to the PCB.
Check it out:
http://www.techniks.com/
DrA says:
June 6, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I noticed the DIY DTG you took a lot of the plans off of couldnt print white ink for
some weird reason. Have you guys tested white ink on black shirts yet with this?
BioToxxx says:
June 6, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Could consider filling your ink carts with createx airbrush colors paint. it should
be thin enough, and can be thinned further of course. Its for fabric and just
needs a heat treat with an iron afterward to be permanent. Not sure if it would
fry the heads or not but worth a shot.
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Aaron says:
June 6, 2010 at 4:13 pm
How do you get the DTG inks into the right kind of cartridge? Looks like they
supply ink for genuine DTG printers which I think have different cartridges.
TruckeeDave says:
June 6, 2010 at 4:48 pm
An EPSON Ink refilling hack would be much appreciated!
Randall says:
June 6, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Regarding printing light colours on dark fabrics: If you can get DTG ink in white
(and I imagine you can) one way to do this would be to fill a black cartridge with
white ink and print a negative of your image.
In other words, if your logo is white invert the colours using GIMP (or whatever
program you use) so that it appears black and print the image with the white ink
in the black ink cartridge.
Theoretically you should be able to get lighter gradients of colours using this
method as well.
Of course, this is only half a solution as you wouldnt be able to print ANY shades
of colour requiring blacks. Would work for solid whites and some lighter colours
though.
Frank says:
June 6, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Awesome stuff, but I really, really wish you Americans went over to the metric
system once and for all
SATovey says:
September 25, 2013 at 9:02 pm
Hey, Its an American thing! :-)
cjl says:
June 6, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Yes to the ink cartridge tutorial!

And when you say heat-pressed, do you mean you ironed it or does this refer
to a specific technique?
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Thanks!
Richard says:
June 6, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Any idea on metallic or white inks? As I only like dark coloured cloths, that would
be a necessity before I would get any use out of this.
EdZ says:
June 6, 2010 at 6:37 pm
@Rick
Check http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcbetch.htm for info on direct-to-PCB
printing.
chris says:
June 6, 2010 at 6:59 pm
EDIT.If i may..to fix links

Exactly how durable is inkjet printed fabric?
I have heard of this stuff being used to set inkjet inks:
http://www.bryerpatch.com/faq/bjs.htm
For the hackers the homebrew version:

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=129537.0
BioToxxx says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:07 pm
@cjl
As far as createx paints go when painting on fabric, after the paint has air dried
for a few minutes
Heat Gun: apply heat at a low to mid-temperature setting no more than 300F.
Keep air moving to avoid blistering. Apply heat until paint is warm to the touch.
Shirt Press: 325F for 15 20 seconds.
Iron: With a protective cloth over paint, set on high/ cotton setting and iron for @
2 minutes. A shirt press or iron is recommended for curing t-shirt artwork
intended for washing.
Again using createx paints is just an idea I had as an artist that uses them to
airbrush. They come pretty thin already, as they are meant to be sprayed
through a .5 mm tip @ 40psi. I do thin them for my .2 tip and I, of course, have no
idea the size or manner that a printer head uses to expel its juices or if it could
even throw paint rather than ink but @ about 4$ for 2 ounces of paint that is
meant for fabric it would be a good thing if we could get it applied this way. The
pigment is very fine and I think it would be very possible.
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The only downside I can think of is tip dry where the paint dries on the tip of my
brush, or print head in this case, requiring a wet brush wiping the dried paint off
now and then. Though I only have to clean the tip a few times during a whole
helmet painting and I figure it could make it through a tshirt graphic without
problem but a wipe of the heads after its done would probably be in order. Then
again tip dry occurs because of the air pushing and drying the paint as its
expelled and again I have no idea how a print head spits but I know its not
compressed air so it may not tip dry at all.
As for light colors on dark fabric; reversing and printing a negative is a great idea
of course. But if the printer could indeed throw this paint one could very simply
fill their black cart with white paint (or anything) and just let it spit the white onto
the black shirt as if it were full of black.
Well, Im rambling lol thats just my input =)
Jakob Griffith says:

June 6, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Round two of question answer time! (keep them coming!)
@JAdams: Thats a good idea (in theory)! From all the lovely stains weve gained
from doing the laundry. What usually turns out is black + bleach = green. Orange
+ bleach left a weird blue once too
Plus, we hear you shouldnt run water (and especially bleach) through a print
head due to rust.
@Simon: The hardest part was the wood work (well, and the paper feed sensor).
There is no programming, very little soldering. With that, I wouldnt say its
beginner, but its not anything too majorly difficult. If you have all the parts (or can
get them cheaply) its at least worth a shot.
@DRa (and everyone asking about white): We have not tested white ink on black
shirts, but from what weve read. By pre-treating the shirt, and using DTG white
ink, you can print light on dark.
For those wanting to try, follow Randalls model. Hes on the right track.
@Aaron: The website we ordered our ink off of supplied it in a small bottle. To all
those asking, well see if the big boss man will let us minions give you guys a
quick tutorial on replacing ink in Epson cartridges.
@Randall: Exactly.
@cjl: Iron for a couple of seconds.
@BioToxxx: Thank you for introducing us to Createx. Sadly, typical print head
nozzle size is between 30 and 10 microns (from what we read, at least). And you
mentioned it drys on your tip, not good for printers.
Jakob Griffith
HackaDay Team
Ryan says:
June 6, 2010 at 8:09 pm
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I have a Dell 720 printer, does anyone know what type of motor it has?
Paul says:
June 6, 2010 at 8:41 pm
First off, this looks awesome, and Im keen to give it a go (once you get an ink
replacement tutorial up).
Before I do, though which size bottle(s) did you get, and how many single-
colour shirts would you expect to get out of a single bottle of ink?
woutervddn says:
June 7, 2010 at 12:27 am
this video contains content from mahalo.com, who has blocked it on copyright
grounds
Mahalo? lol, isnt that the answers.hackaday service? Little Fed up if they are
going to control stuff now xD
Anyways, nice hack.. really love it.. and indeed a cartridge hack would be
appreciated. I might just build one myself this summer (if I pass my exams). Now I
think about it, it must be fairly easy to use this to print on.. everything (if you have
the right ink)!
Rmg says:
June 7, 2010 at 12:48 am
Nice basis for building a direct to pcb printer :Y
DrA says:
June 7, 2010 at 4:17 am
@Jakob Griffith: If, for some reason, you cant post a tutorial on filling the
cartridges, can you email a tutorial? This AWESOME DIY project seems a little
incomplete without one, am I right? Its like selling a car without the keys!
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Bare with me, were almost done!

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Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition Fake Nixie clock

125 THOUGHTS ON HOW-TO: DIYDTG

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Looks very cool.

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I have a few questions about the build :

Can you print also on dark colors? Is the ink opaque?

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NO U CANT PRINT IN DARK T-SHIRT, AND THE INK IS NOT OPAQUE

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Ryan Leach says:

peta????? or do you mean P.I.T.A

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Ryan Leach says:

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Great How-To. Thanks guys

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Anyone have a link to that HAD logo on the shirt?

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Where do you find these heads to fit the epson?

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lol cant you buy USB kits for like $300?

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What a co-incidence !!!

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oh come on, this is not a dangerous project.