X-Board from Trimaco (was: Rosin Paper)

[jbv]

Just trying to figure out your use case… plain old 80-110lb cardstock works pretty darn well for limited-use stencils.

pics here:

Multi-color stencil

I have cut a lot of stencils by hand over the years. [IMG_0323] I like my old stencils, but a lot of the ones that I still have are on the brink of disintegration. [IMG_0324] Time to put away the knife, and let my laser do it’s thing! Started by taking a reference photo of my hand, used an apple pencil to draw it out using the Adobe Draw app on my iPad pro. Sent that to Illustrator, cleaned it up a little bit, added some reg marks, and ended up with this: [15 PM] I placed my first sheet …

[gpadgham]

@jbv

Just trying to figure out your use case… plain old 80-110lb cardstock works pretty darn well for limited-use stencils.

Yeah, I imagine it would be. Just a matter of materials I already having lying around taking up space vs. making a trip to a craft store or ordering something somewhere. I suspect per square foot, this stuff might be pretty cheap too, but I haven’t compared it.