Stamping Letters in a Circle on a Round Coaster # 3

As I mentioned before, while I am learning the leather working skills, I am also trying to make some money along the way. Well, the gal that runs the 'Made on Vashon' shop I am selling some things in, mentioned that a lot of people/tourists come in wanting something that says 'Vashon Island'. Something to remember their visit here. Well I have been working on some coaster designs, and I remembered seeing a gizmo that someone 'here' had made - to attach to a coaster with a pin in the center, that would swivel around the coaster so you could stamp letters in a circle. Well I didn't want to have to put a pin in each coaster. And I have never seen anything else written about how to do this. Soooooo, I figured something else out...

Some of the coasters I am making have no border, some have a straight line edge, some have a straight line edge and a camouflage stamp etc. So I have made a special tooling coaster to line up the letter stamps with to use with each different border design, because the distance from the edge will be different with each different design - and also for your different sized stamps...

So for the coaster with just a single line border, make 2 coasters (with just a single line border) and one will be the tool to line the stamps up on all the other coasters with the single line border. Take the coaster and place the stamp on the coaster where you want the letter to be - in the position you want the letters to be in... Cut out the leather under the stamp - straight up the left side of the stamp and straight out along the bottom of the stamp. I am not an engineer, so this might sound confusing, but the pictures should clear up any questions you might have... heheheh. Take the coaster you have cut out and just put it over the coaster you want to put letters on in a circle, and just stamp a letter and turn the tooling coaster in a circle as you go.

An easy fix to circular stamping on your coasters!

Awesome tip. Thank you for teaching it to me.

Howdy BigDave

I am Real Happy I could be of help.

I have Googled tooling letters in a circle on a coaster and found nothing on it.

I was surprised when the idea just popped into my head late one night...