Linoleum Stamps

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I know some people did this early on, maybe you’ve seen these posts?

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=linoleum%20stamp

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3X2 Linoleum Stamp Template (Snapmarks)

I’ve been doing a lot with custom stamps lately. SpeedBall makes precut stamps made from linoleum that are mounted on particle board. Inventables has them pretty cheap and I’ve seen them at various crafts stores as well. Attached is the template with snap marks, so you’ll basically drop your design in the square, upload to GF, score the snap marks, cut the square and remove. Put the blank stamp in the square hole, snap it, and engrave the artwork (don’t forget to reflect it first!) and you’re d…

Making Stamps with Inventables Linoleum

Wanted to try my hand at creating stamps out of linoleum. I got a lot of good advice from: From this topic thread (@henryhbk, @joe), but ended up using different settings which seemed to work better for me. A lot of threads had many negatives associated with using this material which made it sound like more hassle than it was worth. I did not find this the case at all. By lowering the power and doing multiple passes I was able to get a great depth without a large amount of black gunky resid…

and a few other threads.

Typically people use stamping rubber, it’s generally cleaner and easier to work with.