[Rest In Peace Dear Friend- RaySouth]

 my sincere condolences to the friends and family.

[At Disney no one can hear you scream]

ha! we really need a thumbs up button. 'Mauschwitz' made me laugh.

I wonder if anyone born in this century would even get that? heck, even the alien reference is dated now.

[At Disney no one can hear you scream]

this was just a quick cut prototype done on the laser of a M.Mouse/Alien hybrid. The laser doesn't give all the same detail on a 3d model as the CNC does, but this gives me a good estimate of what it will look like and whether to proceed with the big one. This is 1.25" tall. Because the (other) evil empire  wouldn't want me selling this I'm not going to proceed with the larger one. At least we have something to laugh about. Again, not a lot of sharp detail, but it was just a what if? test.

[This'll make you hungry]

thank you. it was fun to do

[This'll make you hungry]

Just a fun wallet back embossing plate I wanted to do. 2.75" x 3.25" Cut in brass. 

[Star Wars Aztec Calendar]

11 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said:

you will send it to Louisiana....

Your Jedi mind tricks will not work on me 

[Puppy-Baby-Monkey Boy!]

thank you all

[Puppy-Baby-Monkey Boy!]

Puppy-Baby-Monkey Boy! Puppy-Baby-Monkey Boy! 
Sorry, I get carried away sometimes. It's puppies in a basket. This is a result of a new embossing stamp pressed into a wallet back. The plate was done in Delrin plastic and cut on the HAAS vertical mill. I didn't show the plate because it is white on white and doesn't photograph well. but the results were what I was after. cheers!

[Star Wars Aztec Calendar]

6 hours ago, 480volt said:

Is Jar-Jar Binks on the B-side?

No - this is the GOOD Star Wars saga. 

[Star Wars Aztec Calendar]

thank you. but I think the real credit goes to: mashups

[Star Wars Aztec Calendar]

This isn't so much leatherworking as just something I did on leather. This is THE most epic star wars tribute ever! the entire star wars saga done as an Aztec calendar.

this has been laser engraved on leather 10" diameter.  I wanted to carve that out on wood but the file is SO large (4000 vectors) that all of the software programs just hang up. I may be able to go it on a glass piece.  cheers!

[Booties for Miss Rodeo OK]

superb !

 

[fancy boot plate]

10 hours ago, Sanch said:

What is the smallest Maker's Mark you have done in Delrin

3/4" and only with a solid border. the limitation is the size of the letters. anything below 6 points will fail. at 3/4" it is visible but not ideal.

[fancy boot plate]

thank you. it is basically 2.7 x 2.25

[fancy boot plate]

here's a little fancy boot embossing plate I finished up today on the HAAS cut in aluminum. broke my 1/16" ball nose bit on this one. I'm going to have to start buying those things by the box load. I seem to get only 2 projects out of one. cheers!

[My new zodiac set]

individually they are priced like my stock stamps at $18 each. $200 for the set of 12.

[My new zodiac set]

this is something new. this is a zodiac set cut in 3D mode on the laser. Doing "3D" on a laser requires 16 bit grayscale art. Doesn't come out as clean as with the CNC but at 1.25", it was going to be difficult to do with the CNC. Enjoy!

[Custom leather embossing stamps]

most formats will work. I personally use corel draw which can import bitmaps, pdf, eps, vectors from other programs.  I would suggest that if it is anything other than a bitmap - make sure to convert any text to curves. Otherwise if the exact same font isn't on the host computer, a substitution automatically occurs. cheers!

[Custom leather embossing stamps]

besides myself, most stamp makers can do a larger stamp. we just generally get asked to only do a small one. The largest I've done is 10x12 but I can do up to a 1 foot by 2 foot on the laser and up to 50" on the CNC.  what can be done will obviously depend on the design.

[new wallet back stamp]

SMILE!

 

[What do stamp makers do on their day off?]

play at making stamps of course. this is just a whimsy of a baby in boots. Not a total success but like I said

I'm just playing. 2nd stamp is in the adult section. cheers!

-Nick

[Leather Harmonica Belt...]

are you looking for one around the waist? The only I've seen have been bandolier style like what John Popper (blues traveler) uses. 

when you think about it though - the harmonica can be treated like a pistol magazine and an open magazine carrier would do the job for around the waist. cheers!

[Lions head embossing plate]

thank you. 

[Lions head embossing plate]

This is my latest embossing plate in brass. It is 2D this time. Kinda a line drawing / chip carved style. I used a tiny 20 degree engraving bit to v-carve this out. Credit where credit is due - the original was done by Patrick Seymore who does a lot of this type of work. Cool stuff. there are a few others on his site I want to pay tribute to (that's the nicest way to say COPY). cheers!

[latest embossing plate]

This is my latest embossing plate for leather.  I did this during the tour night at the Dallas Maker Space. Got some excited potential members and some good questions.  embossing plate of the Boy Scout emblem.

2.8" tall in Brass.  cheers!