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First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:50 pm
by llamalasers
Wife wanted a stamp for our packaging so I bought a sheet of laserable rubber and gave it a go.

Messy business so wont be doing it often, so much fine rubber dust coating everything!!

Ordered some Tsukineko Versafine ink today, to do the above I blew all the ink out of a magenta printer cartridge and put kitchen roll in as padding.
Bit of a bodge but very pleased with the result.



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Re: First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:16 pm
by TimBobTastic
That is really cool.

I have experimented with stamps and find the Grade engrave option works really well... I also hate the dust and the smell though, so do not do it very often... My first attempt I found that I had to engrave a few times to get the correct depth.. but the results are usually really good. We bought a single A4 sheet of laserable rubber from Hobarts last Feb, and still have most of it left... lol

Re: First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:16 pm
by TimBobTastic
That is really cool.

I have experimented with stamps and find the Grade engrave option works really well... I also hate the dust and the smell though, so do not do it very often... My first attempt I found that I had to engrave a few times to get the correct depth.. but the results are usually really good. We bought a single A4 sheet of laserable rubber from Hobarts last Feb, and still have most of it left... lol

Re: First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:53 pm
by PhillyDee
Same, i use they grey stuff. I find grade engrave at 100mm/s and 40pc works well

Re: First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:24 pm
by Lightnin
I've had a sample from Hobarts for over a year now .. and still not got round to trying it ! lol

Re: First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:05 am
by llamalasers
This was a grade-engrave at 600 dpi, 300mm/s at 30 power.

Second attempt cos first attempt I forgot to mirror the bitmap :lol: :roll:

Re: First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:22 am
by TimBobTastic
I done had the same <cough> problem first time!!!!! :lol: :? :lol:

Re: First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:32 pm
by PhillyDee
I do it first time, every time. No kidding....