If you annealed it before the stamp it would do wonders as well. If I come across any ill try and run a test for you.
That it the way it comes. When recieved it is already annealed as much as is possible. I once got some that was made for the actual roofing surface and that needed to be annealed before you could do anything with it. The best place to find it is a metal recycling as it is hard to come by and ridiculous price instead of the already high daily metal price.
Just amazing! Well done!
These look great. A fun way to play with leather.
Really cool, nice work!!!
I’ve done similar embossing with just a C clamp. I case the leather then apply pressure with the clamp for about 20 minutes. The largest I’ve done so far is about an inch and a half. They came out sharp and clean.
Just gorgeous! That horse is amazing and I’m really liking the basket weaves.
Thx @cynd11, I was surprised how well they turned out I just need to figure out how to make my own greyscale depth images so I can sell the things I’m making lol.
Thx @jaltschuld
Thx @ptodd It really opens up some possibilities that I wasn’t aware were possible.
Thx @cordioli
So I got a glowforge to cut my leather but was still using my 3d printer for making stamps. This process of making stamps really makes me curious, is there a how to ommake stamps like these somewhere? I didn’t invest in a clicker press instead use a cheap arbor press from harbor freight
It’s just a reverse engrave – you engrave the parts you DON’T want stamped. I can’t recall whether there’s an actual tutorial, but searching the forum for “reverse engrave” should bring up enough information to help you figure it out, and if you get stuck, we’re always here to help.
I’ve done a little playing with the concept, despite not having any kind of press – I hammered mine. EDIT: Oops, no this time I used my Cricut Cuttlebug. But I’ve hammered them too, and it works fine.
You can get interesting results with 3d depth map images and even with some electron microscope images.
Here is a topic I made playing around with a few of them in wood. As @geek2nurse Mentioned you may need to use the negative of those images to get the desired results and mirrored.
With my latest ones the key was quick passes adjusting down my focal height as I went.
Oh gosh this is perfect for me, I’ve spent way too much money buying leather stamps. I’ll try this today.
Sounds great, excited to see how it turns out