• Jarlsburg@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        I went over the stamp with blue sharpie and wet the leather with water and a small amount of isopropyl alcohol. When you compress the stamp into the leather with a press the alcohol reactivates the ink in the recesses.

    • AliasVortex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I’ve made a couple of stamps (my maker’s mark and an icosahedron (d20), mostly for accents on a project I was working on at the time), but nothing this ambitious. I can’t get over how nice the texturing came out; well done!

    • Jarlsburg@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Here’s a picture of the stamp.

      It’s just a 3mm thickness disc with the picture on the top at 2mm. I use a 6 ton shop press to compress it with a 1" steel plate used to distribute the force. The print is a no name brand black PLA printed at 0.2 at the fast setting on an AnkerMake M5. You can also see the residual ink, the stamping only takes a small amount. I did a few at one time without having to reapply.

        • Jarlsburg@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          It ended up being solid just because of the standard wall thicknesses, but PLA prints are quite strong from a compressive standpoint. That said, I am sure I am not applying the entire 6 tons. I have done similar experiments with a bench vice with similar results too, it’s just a little harder to line everything up give the jaw depth.

  • tristan@aussie.zoneEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    Oh that looks cool, is this to stamp things you’re making or just playing with it for fun?

    • Jarlsburg@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      I make some small things for gifts and being able to make a custom stamp for a few uses is a cool concept.

  • Rutty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Nice! I have thought about doing something like this, but haven’t yet.

    Would you mind if I asked you how you transferred the drawing to 3D? I use fusion360, and the process can be a bit finicky.

    Ideally I would like to take a drawing and convert it into a stamp