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For sale in Continental USA only. This is a used Rotary Embosser ( do not know what make or model it is). Please take note that this is a 110v Power machine. This machine is in good condition, machine comes with one embossing roll (see Picture). Adjustable pressure and will accommodate a 5 ¾” wide piece of leather between guides, can modify the guides to take a 6 ½” wide piece. I do not have the manual for this machine but one is not required, simple to use. Comes with machine, motor and table Shipping weight is about 120bs on pallet, I will palletize and pack this machine, you will need to arrange a shipper to pick it up. Asking $1200 Reply through this forum or you may call the shop at 602-two69-zero202. Thanks for looking.

I had a need for a custom stamp 2" wide X 2" high and contacted Studio-N (member here) to see if it could be done. He responded immediately, communicated really well, and made me an excellent product at a very reasonable price. Anyone needing stamps or embossing plates should contact him at: www.maker-stamps.com Excellent quality, excellent customer service, and extremely reasonable prices, I will be ordering more!!!! Chief

My wife and I have a workshop in Chatsworth, California (San Fernando Valley). We need to emboss a design on roughly 30 belts. The design is not necessarily important, but we were thinking something like a Celtic interlace design. (Preferably not a traditional/floral design though) We have the Tandy leather roll embossing machine, but the only wheel we have for it is the traditional one. What I'm asking for is someone in the Southern California area that can help us out with either: A) more wheels that work on the Tandy machine that they would be willing to let us rent or borrow. We would even be willing to buy a wheel but we are tapped right now having bought all this material for this job that we need to turn around this week. Would be willing to purchase A wheel I f payment could be differed or we could work out some kind of arrangement. B- someone with a shop nearby that would be willing to let us come over and rent time on their embossing machine so we can run the straps. I realize this probably seems like asking a lot considering I've hardly posted here on the forum at all so none of you out there really know us. My wife and I own a company called Legendary Costume Works. We have a website, Etsy store and a Facebook page and have been around for 10 years now. We are just in a bind at the moment and looking for a little help. Any help or suggestions anyone can offer are greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much for your time! Feel free to answer back here or you can contact me at 805-340-2652 Thank you all! – Brayton

Hot foil press for sale $200 ONO. In full working order, comes with honeycomb base and some extras. It weighs around 100KG and would need 2 people to move this.There is also a box of foil and 2 sets of Ugly type to go with it. Located Western Sydney, Greystanes.

hi does anybody has any experiences with bunkhouse tools embossing wheels or embossing molds?

I have a Tandy 32418-00 Imprinting Machine with a lot of attachments. Before I put it on Ebay, I would like to offer it up here. What would be a fair price?

Brand new still in box Tandy Pro Embossing Machine. Includes 1 roll. $450.00 plus freight. Thank you

We are inquiring about having two leather Fossil bags embossed, each with a staff first and sir name and CPA designation. Would anyone be able to do this work for our company or be able to refer us to someone locally that could assist us? We are located in Langley BC (Canada). Please advise. Cheryl Hipwell Office Manager Avisar Chartered Professional Accountants T 604.513.5707 W avisar.ca

Is there something rather than foam that people use to stretch the embossing leather you put over the plugs? Something you can continue to use that wont be wasted? Clay? Putty?

Hi guys, I would like some helping in tackling leather patches/labels, I am trying to make leather patches to use on beanies, 5 panel caps etc.... I already bought my custom stamp, I am struggling to get crisp two tone (for lack of a better word) impression, I tried using soldering iron (60w) no temp adjustment on both veg tan and chrome tan leather. I also tried using as hand stamp on both veg tan and chrome tan. I am sure there is something wrong I am doing or using wrong type of leather.... I have uploaded my outcome and desired outcome.

I have been fabricating a hot stamping machine in my spare time. My goal is to build an air operated unit at least as competent as the $3,400 Kwik Print 86A/A. Time will tell. Phase One consists of building the heating unit. I will not be held responsible if you attempt to build one of these yourself, which you absolutely shouldn’t do. Heat embossers are made of electricity and extreme pressure and heat and danger and you can burn your house down, maim yourself, and/or electrocute yourself if you don’t know what you’re doing. Don’t do that. Phase One — the heater The Kwik Print 86 A/A uses an air circuit to deliver up to 1 ton of pressure through a Bimba air cylinder to an OEM ram to which the chase and heater are attached. The machine uses a 400W strip heater and Ulanet Robo Temp. I suspect Kwik Print uses Ulanet heaters and the Ulanet Robo Temp pulsating on/off controller because they’re American made. They’re expensive and I don’t care where my components were made. Maybe you do. My machine uses a 300W cartridge heater and Inkbird PID with solid state relay and thermocouple. The advantages of a PID and thermocouple are that (a) they’re cheap as dirt ($37 delivered from Amazon Prime), and ( once tuned, they’re very stable. My cartridge heater was less than $8 delivered from Amazon Prime. 300W is probably over-spec’d. The arbor press Until I build the frame for the air cylinder, I’m using my Famco 2 ton to test the heating unit. I made absolutely certain to over tighten the press’s guides so that the ram will stay raised. ANY skin contact with the heating plate will result in a second degree burn. The ram has a ½” hole with set screw drilled into its end. The heater The heating plate consists of a stainless steel block large enough to accommodate any embossing die I can see myself using. It’s tapped for a ½” stainless rod that fits into the end of ram. I used a vertical knee mill to dimension it and drill/ream holes for a cartridge heater and thermocouple. The heater hole (red leads) needs to be accurate within a few thousandths for maximum efficiency. The thermocouple hole (silver lead) is tapped to accept the unit’s threaded flange. Mounting and registering dies The embossing die is attached to the heating plate with a piece of 3M heat activated tape. Registration is simple. When the heater is cool, place your work piece on the press with the tape-covered die positioned where you want it. Slight pressure will leave a non-permanent mark on the leather showing you where the die is. Use a pencil to mark the edges of the piece. Slide the piece out of the way without disturbing the die or you have to start over. Place the edges of straight pieces of card stock on your registration lines and hold them down with some hard drive magnets. Don’t worry about the magnets being tall enough to hit the heating plate. Foil stamping dies are taller. Turn on your PID and get the die up to temp. You’ll have to experiment with temperature settings based on the leather and foil you’re using. Gently lower the ram so that it comes in contact with the taped die — always make sure that the leather you used to register the die is under it so you don’t damage it. Magnesium dies are durable for thousands of impressions when properly cared for. Give the ram a little mash. Get ready to stamp by placing your piece against the registration guides. Stamping You can blind deboss (stamping without foil) or use foil. To use foil, cut off a manageable section and place it flat against your work piece. Stamp by lowering the ram in a deliberate manner — you will have to experiment with temperature, pressure, and the amount of time the die remains in contact with your work piece. It’s not hard to get consistently good impressions. Results on leather and paper are nice. Top to bottom left to right: W&C bridle grain, W&C bridle flesh, Brown Horween equine Chromexcel, W&C natural tooling, black Horween bovine Chromexcel, Mohawk 130# paper. Materials 8mm x 80mm 300W cartridge heater — $7.47 delivered — http://www.amazon.com/Mold-Heating-Element-Cartridge-Heater/dp/B00DN6BQCY/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1452723192&sr=8-8&keywords=300w+cartridge+heater Ink bird ITC-100VH+25A SSR+ K sensor PID temperature controller with K-type thermocouple and 25A solid state relay — $36.99 delivered — http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RMDZVNO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00 Misc. Various lengths of wire, terminal blocks, spade and fork connectors, grommets, scavenged inline fuse, scavenged rocker switch, etc. Suitable enclosure — I had a nice extrusion and face plates 1 ½”+ ton arbor press Stainless steel square rod and round rod in whatever dimensions you want Access to a horizontal bandsaw, vertical knee mill, end mills, drill bits, reamer, taps dies, etc. Dies and tape 3/8” raised/wrong reading magnesium foil stamping dies from Owosso — https://www.owosso.com/Products/MagnesiumDies/FoilStamping.aspx 3M heat bonding film — $22 for 1” x 180’ from Owosso — https://www.owosso.com/3MBondingFilm.aspx Foil This is specific to your application so you’re on your own.

I'm new to leather working and just learning how to make dog collars,i seen this collar with a braided look,does anyone know what stamp this is and where i can get it? I'm not sure if this link is going work. https://50f8c916-a-f1b94201-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/bluecrowleatherworks.com/blue-crow-leather-works/collars/weave_collar1_lg.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7cqHY4nWgGfioXNa4ihM1GqUpyiAy6NvgBFdYUsSRD1bdTQgxRUgP5A3HduQXd5s4FjgbH5ULaRRI8MAuvvOnQGc8xpAisLHAPDtKlnOTR6ryN3Z64PvySE08ICiuZ5gKf7iQqgQSkUfUcjxAje5_mKkD_aJMDjG_-kwbgkaTQQsvq3GrPXBmzXb1oj_YP40lhTeGWAj188UVrM1WE_HHHHYMT0AHnNqZgRHy83-M6w9PcgtwW1oumO4Yoc_Fsmcw_4YktnS&attredirects=0

I've been making custom stamps with my laser engraver out of 1/4" acrylic. I thought originally acrylic would not work, but to my surprise it works very well with an arbor press. They're not indestructible, but as long as apply even pressure, these will last a very long time. I'm selling them for $10ea.. that includes shipping. A small art fee may apply if you have something complex.. $5 to $15 .. PM me if interested Ron

Hi all, I bought a Heat Embosser from LW Leathers- https://www.etsy.com/listing/112736766/electric-branding-iron-for-leather-wood?ref=shop_home_feat_1 and am wondering if anyone has had luck foil stamping with it? If so, what are the tips/tricks to it? Any help will be much appreciated! Mandy

I know people have have used arbor presses when using embossing plates. Does any one have pictures of theirs and the modification made to make it work? I would love to see them! Any suggestions or ideas are grateful. Thank you

Hi All, I'm new to leather work, familiar with carving, stamping and embossing wheels for borders and straps. I was perusing the internet looking for vintage embossing wheels and came upon embossing plates used for book binding. They are beautiful and I was thinking they would make great corner plates and maybe even for a large handbag, but I'm not sure how they work and if they would be ok to use for regular/heavier weight leathers than book cover weight. Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hi y'all! I'm a medieval geek from Montréal with a passion for costuming,swordfight and more recently leatherworking. I've always been fascinated with leather armors and all the intricate techniques that are implied un their making. In the past month, I finally geared up with the essential. I am now crafting pieces of armor and celtic-themed accessories of my own. Anybody else in the area? Anyhow, I can't wait tout get criticism from you people! By the way, I'm looking for good armor patterns, anybody has some good websites that could help In my quest for the most epic armor In the universe?

Greetings, Just thought I would show some of the stuff I make. I'm showing for a couple of reasons. (1) People are occasionally asking about putting lettering on leather (vegetable tanned) in circles and (2) Some design features of medallion holders and pen/pencil holders and closures. The following four pictures show a book cover that I had obtain to permission from Cocaine Anonymous to make since their CA logo is a registered trademark. After I received the "one-time, single use" permission I used some moveable lead printing type to form the logo. The "CA" was formed with the Baskerville printing type font and the HOPE, FAITH and COURAGE were formed with the Stymie printing type fonts. The circles were sections of PVC pipe and metal pipe cut to the same height as the printing type. A book press was used to emboss the logo into the cased vegetable tanned leather. I wish I had a good clicker, but the book press works OK for me. The little ® registered trademark symbol was formed with a small letter "R" and the circle around it was just the light impress of a small hole punch The prayer in the center was produced by http://www.greyghostgraphics.com/stamps.html and was pressed into the leather with the same book press. The Grey Ghost graphic stamp was a stamp without a handle. The pen/pencil snap/strap is just a simple way to add to any completed slip-on book cover. The medallion holder is a little more complex. The applique sewing channel was formed like the circles in the logo and then a hole was cut out with a 1-1/2" punch. The leather was dyed with antique dye. Then a clear .020 vinyl section was glued to the back side of the applique patch with contact cement. The applique was temporarily placed on the front and the location for the second hole was marked on the cover. That marked hole was punched out with the same 1-1/2" punch. Then the applique was place in the cover, aligning the two holes, with double back leather tape from http://www.wawak.com/products/product.cfm?pID=8677. The applique was sewn on and the medallion was adhered to the piece the was punched out of the cover. The medallion/leather circle is placed in the hole a taped in with Gorilla tape. The medallion is easily changed by pealing back the Gorilla tape and replacing the medallion. If you would like more details on lettering on leather, please see: http://aaleatherbigbookcovers.com/download/Typography%20in%20Leather%20Article.pdf Hope this helps someone. Bob Stelmack.

I am about to push the button on a Bunkhouse embosser. I was very impressed with Ray! Both knowledgeable and personable. I was going to go with the Tandy but it seems that the Bunkhose unit isn't limited to straps and one could do borders and edges on larger pieces. Andy tips or comments would be appreciated. Thanks! Bob

Hello, We are looking for gifts for groomsmen in our wedding and want to give them each a custom wallet. On the front of the wallet, we would like the embossed outline of the Colorado flag (see picture below), with thicker lines than in the picture and a dark stain to highlight the pattern. On the lower right inside corner, we would like to emboss each groomsman's initials. We tried another vendor for this design and were disappointed, the Colorado flag outline was barely visible on the front. The wedding date is this year, April 26 and we would need 6 wallets total. We are looking to spend about $60 per wallet, but price is negotiable. Thank you, Joanne and Jonathan Bacharach

Hey all, I have a little problem on my hands. I just finished this little project and after I added the finishing touches and sealed my leather with resolene, I then realized i forgot to add my stamp. So my question is it possible to still case the leather, maybe from the backside so it gets it damp near the core and then add my logo? I'm sure if i were to try to add water to the front it would just bead up and never soak in. Also the flesh side is lined with fabric that has been attached to the leather with some 3M 77 spray adhesive. Just hope someone had a few tips before I start this. Thanks! P.S. Its a little christmas gift for my girlfriend so I can't mess this up

Hi! In an old tread, people talked about how to do leaf embossing and block dyeing. I ran into a problem and was hoping that someone might help me. I am not able to make an leaf impression on the leather. I made the leather wet, put the leaf on, placed many heavy books on it and let it dry over night. But this morning, only the trickes parts of the leaf was impressed on the leather. What I am doing wrong? Best regards Nicklas