Custom Stamp Depth And Bevel

[LucasFury]

When vendors laser cut (delrin, specifically) custom stamps or makers' marks, how deep are the valleys? Are the ridges beveled? (Speaking of the stamp its self, opposite in the leather of course.)

In my head I'm picturing about 1/8" deep and no bevel (other than for fine detail work where thin lines would be brittle). What is your experience?

I don't own a laser engraver, just trying to wrap my head around what I should be looking for before I have my stamps made.

Some of you may have noticed that this is my first post though I've been a member for a while. This is the first time I've had a question that I couldn't find an answer to via search.

[camano ridge]

Contact, blackriverlaser.com, or studio -N on these forums they can answer your your questions. Yes they have lasers and mace stamps and templates. However I trust both of them to answer your questions without sales mans pitch just the facts.

Edited March 11, 2014 by camano ridge

[Studio-N]

Just the facts : The majority I produce is 3/16" which roughly matches the evil empire's 2d/3d stamps.

Deeper is possible but you do risk some melting as the beam brushes by the previous level.

The laser is perfectly perpendicular to the stamp so it produces no bevel. A bevel is possible if a rubber stamp

approach is taken (a setting in the software). This all produces a 2D stamp. 3D mode is really difficult to do on something

as small as a stamp mostly because it uses a graduated grey scale which isn't 100% smooth. I'm investigating a cnc router

for this.

Cheers!

Edited March 11, 2014 by Studio-N

[oltoot]

IMHO, if you have a decent makers stamp that gives you clear impressions in properly cased leather, don't mess around inside the out side border of the impression. Beveling around the outside and border stamping will help in setting it off, messing around inside will just mess it up. If you put the impression in a field of geometric or regular carving, beveling and matting or border stamping to complement other borders used will help.

[LucasFury]

Studio-N, that answers my question perfectly.

Thanks everyone.