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How to 3D print custom rubber stamps
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Let's make some stamps! Why bother buying a pre-made design when you can create one yourself? In this guide, we'll be creating our own howchoo logo stamp using a 3D printer.
I’ve designed a couple of handles to 3D print for my stamps. You can download them from Thingiverse to use yourself. I’ve created a wide rectangle and square shaped designs.
For the actual stamp part, we’ll be designing our own mold to 3D print and filling it with silicone rubber.
| 3D printer | × | 1 | ||
| OOMOO 30 liquid silicone rubber | × | 1 |
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You can use any 3D design software you like, I’ll be using Blender. The idea is to trace the logo and create a 3D shape from the outline. If you’d like to follow along with me, download a copy of Blender and keep reading.
Upload the design as a background image
To open the sidebar we need, press N. Under the Background Images section, upload the stamp design. Press 5 on the numpad to orient the camera and expose the background image. If it's missing, try pressing 5 again.
Outline the design
Create a plane and delete three of the vertices, this will leave you with a single point. Position this point over the edge of your stamp design. Press e to generate a new point and draw a line from this one. Using this technique, outline the design of your stamp, merging the final points together.
Make a 3D shape from the outline
To create a face from the new outline, press A. This will highlight all of the points around the design. Press F to turn the selected points into a face. Select the new face and press E + Z to extrude the face up. This will turn the design into a 3D shape.
We’ll need a base for our stamp design. This base will fit inside our 3D printed handle. After creating the base, we’ll punch a hole out in the shape of our design. This will make an empty cavity that can be filled with silicone. Follow the steps below to create your own, or download the one I created from Thingiverse.
Design the stamp base
The design I made will need to fit on a 4cm x 9cm base. To create the base, I’ll create a 4cm x 9cm plane and extrude the top face up.
Punch the base out of the mold block
This prism will need to be punched out of our mold block. We’ll do this using a boolean modifier.
Overlap the 3D base with the silicone mold block until it’s lined up as desired. I’m leaving enough room for the edges to retain some stability so I don’t break the mold when removing the silicone.
Once the base object is overlapping the mold block, apply a Difference boolean modifier to the block. The modifier should be set to use the base object.
Just like the base for our stamp, we'll be using a boolean modifier to punch out a shape with our 3D design. Overlap the stamp design object with the mold block and apply the difference modifier.
Export the final mode to an stl and prepare it for printing with your favorite slicer. I'll be using Cura to prepare my printer file. You will need to experiment with your 3D printer to find the most ideal settings to print your mold with. I'm using PLA filament at 240° with a .2mm layer height. Smoothing out your molds or printing them with fine lines can help preserve design quality. As with any project, you’ll need to experiment to find the most desirable results.
Now that everything is printed, it’s time to fill them with silicone. I’ll be using Oomoo for my project, but you can experiment with other materials. You’ll find that certain materials work better than others depending on the design and filament used.
Once enough time has passed to cure your molds, it’s time for a test stamp. Just glue the stamp, base, and handle pieces together. Congratulations—your stamps are ready to go. Find an ink pad and get stamping!
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How to 3D print custom rubber stamps
Ash(
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)
2 hours
Let's make some stamps! Why bother buying a pre-made design when you can create one yourself? In this guide, we'll be creating our own howchoo logo stamp using a 3D printer.
I’ve designed a couple of handles to 3D print for my stamps. You can download them from Thingiverse to use yourself. I’ve created a wide rectangle and square shaped designs.
For the actual stamp part, we’ll be designing our own mold to 3D print and filling it with silicone rubber.
| 3D printer | × | 1 | ||
| OOMOO 30 liquid silicone rubber | × | 1 |
Howchoo is reader-supported. As an Amazon Associate, we may earn a small affiliate commission at no cost to you when you buy through our links.
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You can use any 3D design software you like, I’ll be using Blender. The idea is to trace the logo and create a 3D shape from the outline. If you’d like to follow along with me, download a copy of Blender and keep reading.
Upload the design as a background image
To open the sidebar we need, press N.
Under the Background Images section, upload the stamp design. Press 5 on the numpad to orient the camera and expose the background image. If it's missing, try pressing 5 again.
Outline the design
Create a plane and delete three of the vertices, this will leave you with a single point. Position this point over the edge of your stamp design. Press e to generate a new point and draw a line from this one. Using this technique, outline the design of your stamp, merging the final points together.
Make a 3D shape from the outline
To create a face from the new outline, press A. This will highlight all of the points around the design. Press F to turn the selected points into a face. Select the new face and press E + Z to extrude the face up. This will turn the design into a 3D shape.
We’ll need a base for our stamp design. This base will fit inside our 3D printed handle. After creating the base, we’ll punch a hole out in the shape of our design.
This will make an empty cavity that can be filled with silicone. Follow the steps below to create your own, or download the one I created from Thingiverse.
Design the stamp base
The design I made will need to fit on a 4cm x 9cm base. To create the base, I’ll create a 4cm x 9cm plane and extrude the top face up.
Punch the base out of the mold block
This prism will need to be punched out of our mold block. We’ll do this using a boolean modifier. Overlap the 3D base with the silicone mold block until it’s lined up as desired. I’m leaving enough room for the edges to retain some stability so I don’t break the mold when removing the silicone.
Once the base object is overlapping the mold block, apply a Difference boolean modifier to the block. The modifier should be set to use the base object.
Just like the base for our stamp, we'll be using a boolean modifier to punch out a shape with our 3D design. Overlap the stamp design object with the mold block and apply the difference modifier.
Export the final mode to an stl and prepare it for printing with your favorite slicer. I'll be using Cura to prepare my printer file. You will need to experiment with your 3D printer to find the most ideal settings to print your mold with. I'm using PLA filament at 240° with a .2mm layer height. Smoothing out your molds or printing them with fine lines can help preserve design quality. As with any project, you’ll need to experiment to find the most desirable results.
Now that everything is printed, it’s time to fill them with silicone. I’ll be using Oomoo for my project, but you can experiment with other materials. You’ll find that certain materials work better than others depending on the design and filament used.
Once enough time has passed to cure your molds, it’s time for a test stamp. Just glue the stamp, base, and handle pieces together. Congratulations—your stamps are ready to go. Find an ink pad and get stamping!
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Create a stamp for 3D printing | Masters Fair Magazine
3D Plastic Alex
Silicone molds, cuttings, master model
(as well as frames, stencils, monograms, toppers, letters, inscriptions, logos)
In my third master class I will try to help you create staples, prints. With the help of them it is convenient to apply on your products, logos, phones, make information leaflets. In my work I use 3d printing, now this is not a problem, and if you do not have a 3d printer, you can always order what you need in your region. nine0003
Part 1
Method 3
Required:
- Drawing.
- Program: 3d Builder (built into Windows 10, for earlier versions can be downloaded for free from Microsoft).
- Any graphic editor for coloring, you can Paint.
Open Word, open inserts in Word Art and write something we need.
Draw a suitable pattern, or find.
And we put it in.
Take a screenshot and open it in 3d Builder
We have already done this, so I will not stop. We get such a pattern.
Press "insert" and select the cylinder.
Using scaling and moving, we give our body the desired dimensions of the stamp handle. Please note: you need to place the cylinder on the stamp, if you do the opposite, the print will be mirrored.
And we get:
Save it as an STL file, now it can be printed.
I hope there will be a continuation, I will try to tell you about another way of making such things.
Thank you for your attention,
Alexey
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Photo : how tea and beer are connected with 3D printing, what dental fillings have to do with it, why hairspray and PVA glue are used in 3D printing.
3D printing seems to have already firmly entered our lives, but at the same time, most people have about the same idea about it as about the structure of a spaceship. nine0151
And some facts about 3D printing can surprise you a lot.
- Sweet tea and dark beer for 3D printing.
- What is PVA glue used for in 3D printing?
- Why are dental fillings and office stamps sisters of photopolymer 3D printing?
- 3D printing plastic is made from corn
- 3D printer is CNC machine
- Fancy Printing: Office Paper
Sweet tea and dark beer for 3D printing. nine0006
How does the simplest 3D printer work? The plastic is heated inside to the desired temperature and squeezed out, like toothpaste from a tube, onto a special “table”.
It's hard to believe, but as we found out by experience, in order to fix the product on the table during printing, sweet tea (5-6 tablespoons of sugar) or beer, always dark, are best suited.
You can also use glue stick for paper and ... hairspray. Of course, not every varnish or glue will work perfectly, but some will very much...
The fact is that 3D printing is a relatively young field, and here you often have to improvise.
What is PVA glue used for in 3D printing?
3D printing has found an unusual use for PVA glue. The fact is that it not only adheres well to plastic, but also dissolves easily in water, so it serves as an excellent support for overhanging parts. Thin plastic support sticks are necessary so that strongly protruding parts do not deform during printing, but subsequently they are very troublesome to remove. If the 3D printer has a second nozzle, hardened PVA glue can be fed into it instead of plastic. As soon as the product is ready, it remains to throw it into the water - the PVA will gradually dissolve, and we will get a beautiful model without the hassle and worries! nine0003
Why are dental fillings and office stamps sisters of photopolymer 3D printing?
What can these seemingly completely different things have in common? Material.
Photopolymer is a gel that cures when exposed to light (laser or LED).
Do you remember how the dentist used a special lamp when placing a light filling on you? The fact is that this seal is a photopolymer, which hardens under the influence of an LED, and then grinds by hand. nine0003
A photopolymer 3D printer works in a similar way, only it grows the model, layer by layer.
And where does the office stamp for documents? For its manufacture, a photopolymer is also used. First, a negative (mirror reflection) is printed on paper on a conventional printer, and then it is translucent - this is how a stamp cliché is created, which is glued to the snap.
Plastic for 3D printing is made from corn
You may have heard that buttons were once made from ordinary cottage cheese: when hardened, it becomes very durable. And PLA plastic is made from corn and is used, for example, for the production of dishes or confectionery molds. Outwardly, it practically does not differ from the usual one, but at the same time it is completely environmentally friendly, it can even be swallowed without harm to health.
However, the above does not mean, for example, that PLA is able to decompose in a week of exposure to the street - it can serve for years even in the open air. nine0003
A 3D printer is a CNC machine
The principles of modern 3D printing appeared long before the printers themselves. But how did this become possible? It turns out that all the main technologies and methods used in 3D printing came from CNC machine tool building. A CNC machine is a computer numerically controlled machine.
CNC machines, which appeared in the middle of the last century, differ from 3D printers only in technology and (or) the principle of manufacturing a part. So a 3D printer from a scientific point of view is a CNC machine. nine0003
Unusual printing methods: office paper
Among the variety of 3D printing methods, there are quite unusual ones. For example, the Mcor printer has the following printing principle: you place a stack of ordinary office paper in the tray, the printer takes one sheet, cuts the outline of the future part on it, and glues each next sheet to the previous one and then paints it.
