First Attempt at Rubber Engraving

[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.

[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

[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

[PhillyDee]

Same, i use they grey stuff. I find grade engrave at 100mm/s and 40pc works well

[Lightnin]

I've had a sample from Hobarts for over a year now .. and still not got round to trying it ! lol

[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

[TimBobTastic]

I done had the same <cough> problem first time!!!!!

[PhillyDee]

I do it first time, every time. No kidding....