diary of a novice stamp cutter pt 2
NUMBER 70
2006-05-02 17:33:11
I have all the materials and tools and I am raring to go....
I have now got my image having traced around a photo of the subject electronically and getting the required detail, scaled it down to the final size of the stamp,
Bought some carving tools from a local craft shop and experimented on one of my spare rubbers to create a 70 stamp. Realised you can't watch snooker and carve! (wheres the plasters)
The next problem is to get the real image onto the stamp, I have read various posts on the forum how to do this, but I have got another one.
I realised my printer is an ink jet printer, which after printing black images will smear when wet because the ink is still wet. So I printed off the image ran into the kitchen put the image face up on the dry work top, placed the rubber over the image and used a rolling pin to gently roll over the back of the rubber and hopefully transfer the damp image. I noticed the rubber squashing and deforming slightly so I turned the rubber over and hey presto theres my image clear enough to draw around.
All I have to do now is go around and darken the lines up and I should be ready for the next step....carving
Next week! the first cut
Nik - KOTM
2006-05-02 21:50:19
tip.... try not to do vertical cuts - try to angle them away from the line you are cutting.... I found using two different blades to be beneficial
The classic rounded blade for the donkey work and the pointed one for the detail
If you do it with the pointed one all the time you end up in a tizz cos you cant clear all the debris
Another useful thing to use for clearing open areas is a modellers chisel if you have one...
But then you might have bettr success than I did - and I hope you do
wooiee
2006-05-03 19:12:56
let us know how it turns out.will be interesting to know... :)
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NUMBER 70
2006-05-03 21:26:58
Will do. Taking all the gear away with us so I will be carving while Mrs NO70 is watching the soaps.
Intend to put the box out if I finish it and put the clue on here on our return. will let you know more when we return
Discovered another way to remove rubber from the stamp but I have not fully tried it yet so I will again let you know as it involves moving machinery!
Post 49 oh my word
Nik - KOTM
2006-05-12 18:23:04
Come on - isn't it time for the next update on this saga... I have been waiting ages for the next report on how it is going...
taps fingers.... :lol:
StannyD
2006-05-13 16:23:00
If it's anything like my first the delay is injury related; you simply can't type with all those plasters on your fingers! :D
NUMBER 70
2006-05-21 18:24:00
I have been on holiday be patient. the stamp is 75% finished as I had to spend time doing other things like programming the gps etc.
I have not put the box out yet probably on the next meet weekend when we will be down
wooiee
2006-05-21 22:53:56
what tor are you looking at ???
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NUMBER 70
2006-05-23 19:44:53
Runnage bridge area where there aint no rocks!! just one or two boxes
Did enjoy cutting the stamp but do not think I will be doing it again, the novelties wore off, fingers are all intact.
As Knight on the moor said angled cuts.
but not on the line either side!!!
Nik - KOTM
2006-05-23 19:47:23
GIZZA LOOK!
wooiee
2006-05-23 21:26:11
GIZZA CLUE ??? :lol:
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NUMBER 70
2006-05-24 18:40:12
you know I have not even test printed it yet. How borings that, I did try to
cut the Runnage Bridge text but I should have been a bit more patient, if you stick all the little bits of rubber back together after i lost my rag with it, it should say something
anagrams at the ready
Bandige grune
goodlart
2006-05-24 23:18:37
erm...nudging a beer?
Nik - KOTM
2006-05-25 21:48:00
barge u grinned?
an under bigger
a g gunner bride
ungreen bird age
inbred u nagger
sorry - deleted the potentiall racist one :cry:
Anyway these are my offerings
NUMBER 70
2006-05-26 17:26:02
a good clue for the location would be :Under a bin greg :lol:
I have some world cup anagrams I will put on here later
Nik - KOTM
2006-06-11 18:33:16
Now I am waiting on these so called World Cup anagrams ... waits with eager anticipation...
NUMBER 70
2007-08-31 17:31:35
Dizzy
2007-08-31 21:21:39
Hey, nice bit of cutting going on there, well done! I know how tricky the round areas can be to get it just right. It's always best to take away to little than to much with a cut.
Dizzy
Fulchet
2007-08-31 21:47:09
Very impressive Number 70 :D
NUMBER 70
2007-09-01 07:56:15
Thanks, in the process of producing the Runnage Bridge text for the title as the bonus box, plus a few for the meet
Can you add you own boxes to the list of the boxes you have found or is that cheeting :D
Dizzy
2007-09-01 12:22:24
I don't add any boxes I make for myself or the commissioned stamps I produce unless I go out there and find them. To me this is cheating as there's no effort in finding the box.
Dizzy
Fulchet
2007-09-01 20:26:22
Can you add you own boxes to the list of the boxes you have found or is that cheeting :D
I suppose you could hide it, forget where it is and then find it again ... lol
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