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Doing large work on an arbor press is quite easy. The trick is not trying to do it all at once. There is just too much surface area. Start in one corner and press it. move the piece over 1" (generally the size of the ram). Press again. Rinse and Repeat until the entire surface is done. I regularly emboss 6"x9" like this. Additionally it often helps on thinner leathers to put a piece of thick leather or rubber underneath the piece to be embossed. The idea being it has enough spounginess to push the leather up into the plate. Cheer and Good Holidays!

Beautifully done!

thank you all

A special thanks to Grey Drakkon for his suggestion that I make the alien facehugger. I think it turned out good and I think it will look good embossed next to the alien xenomorph. Both are roughly 2.75" square. Engraved on delrin plastic as an embossing plate. Cheers! -Nick

You're right Billy. I haven't had a bad day yet. Drakkon - face hugger. Nice idea. It would make a great companion piece for this. thanks.

This started off just as one of my wooden zippo covers, but I liked the picture a lot so I went ahead an made a delrin embossing plate out of it. This piece is 3/4 oz leather and it stands out about 1/10" off the surface. size is 2 1/2"x 2 1/2". The lighter cover is Bubinga wood. cheers!

I just put it for sale on my etsy site yesterday and it sold overnight. I will make more. You can find me on etsy as laseredstamps

my 3 lb maul does a fine job for punching holes. Pretty much just let gravity do it's job without any extra effort (if the punches as sharp). cheers!

THANK YOU.

Here is my latest wallet back plate in time for Chirstmas. I find these plates also work on flasks covers. size is 3.5 x 2.75" cut into delrin plastic. pressed with the 1 ton arbor press. I hope you like it. Cheers!

Also if you have the swivel knife in a 'Vulcan death grip' it is only going to add to your fatique. Make sure the knife sharpened and honed so that it cuts smoothly and easily. If you're have to grip it a lot so you can drag it acoss the leather it needs sharpening. strop it A LOT. cut, cut, cut, strop, strop. rinse and repeat. Cheers!

thank you Lew. I hope you're getting good use out of it. -nick

the yin/yang looks good. And it is open to so many possibilities. For instance an Autobot/Decepticon YY would be cool. An Angle/Demon skull YY. you get the idea - any two opposing figures. Cheers!

thank you chris. More importantly, it is a whole lot of fun doing these. -Nick

I was down a couple weeks while my CNC controller was being fixed. Luckily it was still under warrantey and they fixed up up and got back to me and i'm up and running in time for the busy season. This is a new wallet back plate (3.5 x 2.75") for my heavy metal friends. rock on

great. I hope to see them sometime. -Nick

Just playing with something out of the ordinary. Delrin wallet back plate 3.5" x 2.75". Cheers!

Hello Michelle, These are directly cut with a CNC router into 1/2" thick delrin. These could probably be cast from these models, but it is just as easy to cut them individually now. Cheers!

thank you. I test these with a 1 ton arbor press (which has a 1" square ram). I start in one corner, press them move over 1 inch. Rinse and repeat until it is done. If I want to do it all at once, I've got a 12 ton shop press that can do the job. I have found that if I put a piece of rubber or thick leather underneath the piece I'm going to press, it helps to push the leather up into the stamp for a good deep embossing, especially on thin (4/5 oz) leather like used on a wallet back. Cheers!

This is a new wallet back plate with a celtic weave border. Regular size 2.75" x 3.25". Cheers!

I got another done with two crossed pistols. I just need to dye and finish the strap before I can put some pictures up. I was also waiting on the CNC machine so I can use it to accurately center bore the center. Now all I need is a little time so I can make some new content. -Nick

I only wish my best friend of over 30 years was still around to show it too.

New 3d embossing plate for a roper or checkbook. 5.5" x 1.5". Cheers!

yikes! I've had a few close calls but nothing like that. So sorry.

Interesting news that the evil empire has closed it's chattanooga,TN leather factory store which was thier historical first store. they used to do very well. I wonder what happened?