My Hot Stamping Journey (1 Viewer)
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Thanks, little by little I'm getting it figured out. Today was a big jump.
Nice work. Hope to have some stamped one day
100% yes
johnnycnote
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I think it moved Jerry
Klobberer
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Is it weird that I have a little tingle in my nether regions?
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Yes they showed up today!! Sorry I didnt let you know. I did let Chuck know.
Thanks again!!
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I believe its due to chip irregularities. When I was stamping tons of BCCs there would be certain color chips that wouldn't stamp as nice as the rest. Nice to see the progress your making!
Forty4
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Wondering if there is any desire for these. Although not sure if they will sell blanks.
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Those I believe are plastic. They wouldn't stamp for me. Maybe with the right type of foil they would? But never looked into it further. Not big on plastic chips.
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Forty4
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Those are the Abbiati so maybe they will work a little better
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Are they the orange and blue ones pictured above?
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Age of the chips has (big) influence....maybe also pressure ?
I did try and dial down the pressure as much as possible to avoid the flashing. It will stamp a bunch of good ones then a bad one and back to good stamps? I'll keep working on it. But am pleased with the over all project so far.
The Blue chips seem to be harder to get a good stamp and a couple have come out warped but not on the orange?
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They look great!
Age is less of an influence than some think.
It’s more about the condition of the chip - oiled or used is bad.
Colours are inconsistent (ASM black is a beast) and there are significant surface variations by mold.
T-Mold is tough - one side is almost always concave.
Most ASM/CPC just need to be stamped harder and then scraped. It’s a shitty part of the process but leads to the nicest stamps. Some other stampers disagree with me on this point but if you can see the hatching in the stamp, it ain’t deep enough.
If you try to dial in the exact pressure to “kiss” the chip, it’ll end up with lots of light stamps.
It’s more about the condition of the chip - oiled or used is bad.
Colours are inconsistent (ASM black is a beast) and there are significant surface variations by mold.
T-Mold is tough - one side is almost always concave.
Most ASM/CPC just need to be stamped harder and then scraped. It’s a shitty part of the process but leads to the nicest stamps. Some other stampers disagree with me on this point but if you can see the hatching in the stamp, it ain’t deep enough.
If you try to dial in the exact pressure to “kiss” the chip, it’ll end up with lots of light stamps.
Marius L
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You're getting good at this! Thanks for the pics, it's fun to follow along this project. The hotstamps are looking a lot cleaner now.
WedgeRock
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How much scraping did these take?
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