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    how about embossing as a printing process?

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    • well, if plain ol' letterpress was too expensive, I suspect this'd be out too.detritus
    • ..best example of that I've ever seen, btw, thanks for sharing.detritus
    • that is pretty sickmonospaced
    • How do you get that made? Do you hire a sculptor?
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    • it's just a fancy embossing die with more than one depth levelmonospaced
    • hipster says so last seasonfadein11
    • I think that's debossed & embossedCosmodrome
    • Holy crap they can make really nice stuff: http://www.jukeboxpr…zarkonite
    • any ideas on where do you order the dies. i have a 2 ton arbor press already for pressing bearings
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    • http://www.universal… these guys want some serious money, gotta be somebody cheaper
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    • hmmm, maybe you can work with a local printer?monospaced
    • They will order the set of dies and mark up the ever living fuck out of it unless I get several thousand. Local trophy makers are more apt to put me onto their
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    • Their connections but no luck thus far
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    • Buddy works for a press and another buddy works in a metal fab shop. Neither one of their bosses has a clue how to help me out without taking a beating themselv
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    • Oh, and I forgot to mention, I'm debossing sheet metal so I need a matching male and female die. With paper you don't nessecellery need a female
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    • I have polymer male/female embossing dies made for my home press regularly on the cheap. Didn't realize steel was so hard to come by.monospaced
    • That's pretty cool. Pics or it didn't happen though right. Yea to get the Rockwell hardness to have the die not wear out immediately it has to be steel harder t
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    • Than the steel your punching. The harder the steel the more difficult it is to machine
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    • Or any material really
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    • You don't believe me?monospaced
    • Not sure if I'm speaking out of my ass here, but I'd contact CNC companies who work with Metal, gilgamush. Can you create 3D files of the forms yourself?detritus
    • Here's a plate I made recently. Used it for printing/embossing here.
      http://f.cl.ly/items…      monospaced
    • Polymer, only $70 for the 5x8 male/female.monospaced
    • No shit huh, that's pretty sweet. Yea I have access to solid works. What program did you use
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    • Actually, I just send over a 1-color Illustrator file to the vendor, and in a couple days they send this back.monospaced
    • i see
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