Zonker Report post Posted July 6, 2011 Hello all I have had the idea to do this for some time now but everything else seemed to get in the way (job hunting, taking care of 9 year old daughter and 4 year old grandkid, remodelling studying to become engineer etc does get in the way) but yesterday morning I had an hour or so of free time and set this up on the homemade cnc machine. I cut it out of pine because thats what I found laying about. Its 3.5 by 5.5 and I decided to just hit it with hammer and it cracked along the grain in the middle. So I backed it up with a couple of blocks and clamped it in a c-clamp. The results were not perfect but I think with a couple of modifications it could be a very useful arrangement. I think I need to either build me or find me a good press now. I have also found an epoxy made by smooth on that is for metal stamping I may try cutting negatives of the stamps and casting them in the epoxy. At the very least I will be using hardwoods for further experimenting. If anyone needs anything made let me know or email me at rabidrat1967@yahoo.com . Forgot to mention I use Vcarve and a few other softwares and can do just about any lineart type drawings if they are clean and not too busy. Here is the picture I used for this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishful Report post Posted July 6, 2011 Hmmm, that has some possibilities... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtclod Report post Posted July 6, 2011 That's just pretty durn neat ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyberleatherman Report post Posted February 9, 2012 Hello all I have had the idea to do this for some time now but everything else seemed to get in the way (job hunting, taking care of 9 year old daughter and 4 year old grandkid, remodelling studying to become engineer etc does get in the way) but yesterday morning I had an hour or so of free time and set this up on the homemade cnc machine. I cut it out of pine because thats what I found laying about. Its 3.5 by 5.5 and I decided to just hit it with hammer and it cracked along the grain in the middle. So I backed it up with a couple of blocks and clamped it in a c-clamp. The results were not perfect but I think with a couple of modifications it could be a very useful arrangement. I think I need to either build me or find me a good press now. I have also found an epoxy made by smooth on that is for metal stamping I may try cutting negatives of the stamps and casting them in the epoxy. At the very least I will be using hardwoods for further experimenting. If anyone needs anything made let me know or email me at rabidrat1967@yahoo.com . Forgot to mention I use Vcarve and a few other softwares and can do just about any lineart type drawings if they are clean and not too busy. Here is the picture I used for this I have been thinking of make oak stamp . I am also thinking of cast metal stamp in cuttle bone. thanks Harry . Hello all I have had the idea to do this for some time now but everything else seemed to get in the way (job hunting, taking care of 9 year old daughter and 4 year old grandkid, remodelling studying to become engineer etc does get in the way) but yesterday morning I had an hour or so of free time and set this up on the homemade cnc machine. I cut it out of pine because thats what I found laying about. Its 3.5 by 5.5 and I decided to just hit it with hammer and it cracked along the grain in the middle. So I backed it up with a couple of blocks and clamped it in a c-clamp. The results were not perfect but I think with a couple of modifications it could be a very useful arrangement. I think I need to either build me or find me a good press now. I have also found an epoxy made by smooth on that is for metal stamping I may try cutting negatives of the stamps and casting them in the epoxy. At the very least I will be using hardwoods for further experimenting. If anyone needs anything made let me know or email me at rabidrat1967@yahoo.com . Forgot to mention I use Vcarve and a few other softwares and can do just about any lineart type drawings if they are clean and not too busy. Here is the picture I used for this I have been thinking of make oak stamp . I am also thinking of cast metal stamp in cuttle bone. thanks Harry . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Studio-N Report post Posted February 9, 2012 Looks great. show us a picture of your homemade CNC too. I would love to get a small machine. Any recommendations? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zonker Report post Posted February 10, 2012 Cyber I have not used cuttlefish bone but I have used the machine to cut soapstone and have used it to cast aluminum., I'll have to give some research to cuttlefish bone. Studio I would say build your own I can help ya through it. If I can do it it can be done. I'll post some pics when I find where I put em but here's a youtube link to it in action I would turn soun way down before starting vid: Here's another one I made from a stamp from the machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
