Members Eslyn Posted April 20, 2018 Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 I've been googling and googling trying to figure this out with no luck. The best I can come up with is laser engraved, but from what I've seen those machines are pretty pricey, and most of the folks I see doing this are real small time or hobby and probably couldn't afford such an expensive machine to play around with as a business... Any ideas? Or is there some cheap laser engraver that I missed that can do stuff that's like 12x24"? Quote
Contributing Member LatigoAmigo Posted April 20, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted April 20, 2018 There is no image to view, so one can't see what you are referring to in this post. But regarding laser engravers, some communities have "maker spaces" where laser cutters/engravers are available for use. It is a great way to learn how they work and see if one might belong in your future. Quote
Members Eslyn Posted April 20, 2018 Author Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 I'll attach the image to this post, since linking it doesn't seem to be favorable. The closer makerspace to me is about an hour away, so no way that's really viable unfortunately. It would probably be cheaper for me in the long run to buy a cheaper engraver and see if I can get it to work than run back and forth, between gas costs and teh cost of using the makerspace itself. I've seen there are some pretty cheap engravers out there on ebay, for $100 or so, that can do a decent sized area. So it might be something I'll have to look at more. Ideally I'd love to be able to do larger images, but I know doing anything more than few inches wide is a pretty big, and expensive machine. At least from what I saw. Quote
Members spb47rus Posted April 20, 2018 Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, Eslyn said: Я гуглил и гуглил, пытаясь понять это без удачи. Лучшее, что я могу придумать, - это лазерная гравировка, но из того, что я видел, эти машины довольно дорогие, и большинство людей, которых я вижу, это настоящее маленькое время или хобби, и, вероятно, не могли позволить себе такую дорогую машину, чтобы играть как бизнес... Любая идея? Или есть какой-то дешевый лазерный гравер, который я пропустил, который может делать что-то вроде 12x24"? пирография.как и на дереве. Translated with Google Translate: pyrography as in the tree Edited April 20, 2018 by Northmount Translated Quote
Members charon Posted April 20, 2018 Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 I‘d say this is never pyrographed. Instead I think ghis is stamped on the leather using a rubber stamp. There are nice stamps available everywhere and the key is to use waterproof ink such as archival ink. Ian Atkinson has a video about rubber stamping leather on his channel, check it out. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted April 21, 2018 Report Posted April 21, 2018 I think this is laser cut. It looks too detailed to be a stamp. That would be a big stamp. If you have this in your possession, does it lay totally flat on the leather or is it recessed? As far as hobbyists goes..... There was a hobbyist a few months ago asking how to build a mobile shop in his trailer for when he was travelling. It had to have space for his big laser engraver, a work area, and his Corvette. He didn't want to leave his laser at home in his big full time leather hobby shop. So, hobbyists do come in all tax brackets. Some of those people who could be flying $20,000.00 model airplanes chose leather work instead. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
kgg Posted April 21, 2018 Report Posted April 21, 2018 I agree with Bikermutt07 it doesn't look like a stamp however I think it could have been done with a tattoo gun. Back in the day when all registered dogs were tattooed with a series of Kennel Club assigned letters and numbers, I would practice on a piece of pig skin. You had to be fast, steady and you needed to get clean, clear lines in a small space on the puppy. Easier doing big breeds but the toy breeds were always a challenge. Quote Juki DNU - 1541S, Juki DU - 1181N, Singer 29K - 71(1949), Chinese Patcher (Tinkers Delight), Warlock TSC-441, Techsew 2750 Pro, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver
Members Eslyn Posted April 21, 2018 Author Members Report Posted April 21, 2018 These are definitely "printed" in some fashion. They're not done by hand. These makers produce the same image over and over again. I don't have this in my possession, unfortunately. Definitely not stamped, there's too much variety in the offerings of these markers for stamps like that, and a lot of them will put whatever you want on it, so it would have to be done on the fly. If it was pyrography, it would have to be some type of automated thing for reproduction...Is that a thing? Quote
Members baroness Posted April 21, 2018 Members Report Posted April 21, 2018 Doing a quick search it is possible to transfer toner (something printed on a laser printer) to leather. Dharma trading has some materials for transferring inkjet prints to fabric. Hmm, run a piece of leather through the laser printer on a manual bypass path...... But there are also some large, intricate rubber stamps. Trying to get a clean image on any of these techniques would be a challenge. Quote
Members kiwican Posted April 21, 2018 Members Report Posted April 21, 2018 Could also be digitally printed onto the leather Quote
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