Hi Everyone, Does anyone have a workflow for making rubber stamps with the smoothieboard

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Hi Everyone,

Does anyone have a workflow for making rubber stamps with the smoothieboard and laserweb? I have tried but my result are dissapointing. I will post some pics when I get home.

Thanks,

Ben

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I just paint the stamp with a picture editor (like fireworks/photoshop), then mirror it horizontally and invert it. Save as JPG and run as Laser Raster with 0.05 - 0.1mm tool diameter in LaserWeb. Works fine for me.

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You just once need to find the right power and feedrate for your laser rubber to get about 50% deep. Eventually it makes sense to do multiple path.

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i did a stamp the other day using 1/8" stamp rubber from amazon, I’ll see if I documented the settings when I get home. I know I ended up doing 3 passes to control the depth without overshooting it, and only did the one so far.(something like 10ma on pot 70% power@20-25mm/s, 3 pass) Make sure to add your results to this post for everyone else!

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#K40RubberStamp

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The problem is instead of doing long laser burns they are like a series of dots (hard to explain will need to get a video). I put in the old M2 board and it engraved perfectly…