And for those who want to learn from other people’s experience as well, I’ve linked to posts below. Note that settings in earlier posts may not be applicable because of changes to the power settings over time. (Links to ‘Beyond the Manual’ do not display the same way as links to ‘MOAG’.)
A lot of this started in the ArtPrint Linoleum thread, but thought it would be wise to move to its own topic for Grey/Gray Low Odor Laser Rubber for Stamps. ( Post with links for buying )
Settings I used on a Pro GF to produce successful stamps:
Engrave
Speed: 220
Power: 60
Greyscale: Vary Power
Min Power: 0
LPI: 270
Cut
Speed: 185
Power: Full
1 Pass
(edit) These are the settings I use now that are pretty successful for me (end edit)
It makes a lot of white powder that turns into flames …
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Today is the first time I’ve tried engraving laser polymer stamps since my first adventures , when power settings were very different. I thought I’d revisit the process using the new settings, and let me tell you they work great!
First off, the settings for Art Stamp Laser Polymer that gave me good results are as follows:
Prepare your file as a raster engrave rather than vector engrave, to get access to the Vary Power function. Do three passes of Speed 1000, Power 100, Greyscale setting Vary …
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Here is a stamp I just did. Was really pleased with the results.
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(All I had to test was an old dollar store ink pad)
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Stamp is .75" across, the letter width in the “.com” is .010" ! The rubber I used was .060" thick and is a medium to hard durometer(I had it laying around)
I prepared the file in InkScape. I brought in my logo, changed it to white and put it on a black background, then I duplicated it (Cntl +D). Next I increased the stroke width an…
Hey! It’s getting close to that time of year. Mom knows I have a Glowforge so I’m sure she is expecting great things this year. Both of us are rabid cardmakers (she’s 83 mind you, but she still has to have the latest card tool) so of course the card is my first focus.
I saw a card done recently (it’s this one if you’re interested) that I wanted to reproduce, in style anyway. But not having that particular stamp set, I decided to start from scratch. First, the final result, then I’ll docume…
It was a busy day at the 'forge today. We had breakfast guests and I wanted to demo my GF. They were all rolling eyes and “oh boy, she’s got another geek toy, we’ll humor her.” Everybody trooped downstairs after breakfast and they saw my samples and saw the possibilities. Starting to get excited. Then we whipped out a few quick items (a duplicate of the parametric box from @mpipes ; a custom cake topper for a 40th birthday my sister was making a cake for). That’s when they really got it. I…
I got a sheet of low odor rubber from Laserbits (along with a few other types of materials that await testing). I have no experience making rubber stamps other than taking big rubber bands in junior high and using an ink pen to write my name backwards on to make a quick stamp for wasting time in math class.
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@dan requests that I do projects as separate posts so that they are more easily tracked and studied by everyone; however, I’ll just stick an update and another example of a stamp he…
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