DIY Makers Stamp

[builderofstuff]

I had a go at making myself a simple makers stamp this afternoon. All in all I'm pretty happy with it.

Chris

[bikermutt07]

Looks great. Gotta ask. What material/process are you using to make these. Sorry, newb here.

[builderofstuff]

The material is delrin and I'm milling them on a small benchtop milling machine that's CNC controlled.

Chris

[bikermutt07]

Ahhh! Thanks.

[Rohn]

Looks good.  I too was wondering how you did this, so thanks for the explanation.

[Studio-N]

looks good.  I've done some on the CNC. finding the right bit to get between the letters was the challenge. I finally settled on a 20 degree v-bit which seems to work but I can only 

fit about 13 letters in each arch.  what was the size of this one?

[builderofstuff]

2 hours ago, Studio-N said:

looks good.  I've done some on the CNC. finding the right bit to get between the letters was the challenge. I finally settled on a 20 degree v-bit which seems to work but I can only 

fit about 13 letters in each arch.  what was the size of this one?

I use a 30 degree cutter on it with a 1/16" endmill for cleanup. The stamp is an inch tall. The downside to milling them is all the fuzz left after milling that has to be cleaned up. 

[OLDNSLOW]

So r you offern to make some up fer the members here ifn they need one er what?  Where bouts in missoura are you

[Studio-N]

52 minutes ago, builderofstuff said:

I use a 30 degree cutter on it with a 1/16" endmill for cleanup. The stamp is an inch tall. The downside to milling them is all the fuzz left after milling that has to be cleaned up. 

I did the reverse of that. I used an 1/8" mill bit to rough cut it. then the 22 degree to do the final cut.  I did mine as a 3d model and even with a 1/32" end mill the simulation said

it wouldn't fit between the letters on everything, guess I'll experiment (some day when I have a few hours and it's not 100 degrees in the garage).  you might try a toothbrush to get the fuzz off.

[builderofstuff]

4 hours ago, OLDNSLOW said:

So r you offern to make some up fer the members here ifn they need one er what?  Where bouts in missoura are you

I hadn't really planned on it. They take a good while to make so unless I could come up with a way to quickly reproduce them I just don't think its feasible. 

Chris

[builderofstuff]

4 hours ago, Studio-N said:

  you might try a toothbrush to get the fuzz off.

I did try a toothbrush but a lot of them just wouldn't come loose. I kind of wonder now if I put it in the freezer first if that would make them easier to get off with a toothbrush.

Chris

 

[OLDNSLOW]

Thanks for the getback.

 

[builderofstuff]

1 minute ago, OLDNSLOW said:

Thanks for the getback.

 

You're welcome. Not that I wouldn't want to sell them if I could, but the milling process is kind of a slow one. If I could mill a master and then sell duplicates of that then I would consider it. I just don't know how well that would work.

Chris

 

[OLDNSLOW]

no problem if something changes let me know.

[builderofstuff]

1 minute ago, OLDNSLOW said:

no problem if something changes let me know.

Will do.

Chris