Experimenting With Large Stamps...

[humperdingle]

I had a request for drinks coasters with a large letter 'G' on them... not owning any large (2" or so) stamps (are they even available??) I decided to buy a metal door letter, glued to a plate and pressed in a vice... Quite pleased with the result on this 4" trial piece...

[Hi Im Joe]

That's pretty creative! And it turned out pretty awesome!

[veedub3]

Looks great! Way to think outside the box!

Karina

[Northmount]

Great idea, especially for the one-off jobs where you may never use it again.

Tom

[Toolingaround]

Oh my gosh I love it :-)

[humperdingle]

Thanks, it's so simple even I can do it :D

My tooling is awful (yep, I tried a 'G') and it wan't good. I can't imagine making the 6 they wanted that way, but these stamps are so much quicker. Since then, they ordered 'P' x 6... might have to invest in a full alphabet!

[EmbossingDieCompany]

That's a great idea!

I make acrylic ones if the design is basic.......but they are definitely not for production work.

Edited May 24, 2014 by EmbossingDieCompany

[St8LineGunsmith]

pretty cool! do you cut out acrylic with a router or laser?

[Alvetjarn]

I did some tests with epoxy in moulds I made out of clay and they worked quite good. Even easier to make them in latex.

For easy forms like a letter you can print it from a computer and transfer the shape to some mdf/plywood and cut it out and make a mould-form with clay or latex and then fill with epoxy. This works as long as it's not a deep stamp.

[kobo]

On 5/26/2014 at 9:06 AM, Alvetjarn said:

I did some tests with epoxy in moulds I made out of clay and they worked quite good. Even easier to make them in latex.

I realize this is a old post, I am curious though what was used to keep the original item you were copying from sticking to the clay when you removed it.

 

Thanks

K

[Colt W Knight]

Smart idea, I will probably steal it.