Feels like a deal breaker.I have that bit. Mine appears to not be 100% flat. It has a slight bevel in the middle when used so to completely remove hot stamp, you have to mill deeper. YMMV.
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Feels like a deal breaker.I have that bit. Mine appears to not be 100% flat. It has a slight bevel in the middle when used so to completely remove hot stamp, you have to mill deeper. YMMV.
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Well after a trip to home depot I came up with this. I replaced those curved orange spacers with some straight ones and I put a small block of wood below the chip for support and level. How's it look?
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I have that bit. Mine appears to not be 100% flat. It has a slight bevel in the middle when used so to completely remove hot stamp, you have to mill deeper. YMMV.
(ignore that the milling is not centered)
Man the options are limited and I can't find a single local store that carries anything like it. My press can't take a 1/2 shank either so that limits me. I think I'll give this one a try but I also need to track down some terrible condition THC hotstamps that are willing to be experimented on! I figure some carefully applied sandpaper could do the trick on taking that center area down.
Or switching out the bit and running them all through again just to remove the center raised area?Man the options are limited and I can't find a single local store that carries anything like it. My press can't take a 1/2 shank either so that limits me. I think I'll give this one a try but I also need to track down some terrible condition THC hotstamps that are willing to be experimented on! I figure some carefully applied sandpaper could do the trick on taking that center area down.
Oh that won't work to run that many chips through twice...Yea, I thought that too, but then I remembered that I have 1400 chips to do. I need to find a better way.
I put on a gear sample label on the chip where it look centered. Then I brought the bit down while off to see how it lined up. Tried to lock everything down as tight as I could once i got it where I wanted. It’s not a perfect set up /jig and there is some variance in how the chip sits so I am having to do a little more eyeballing which is slowing me down and I’ve had a few off center. But overall not terrible.Any tips to centering or just eyeball each chip when milling?
That’s about what I imagined to do. I also imagine it to be time consuming lol. Was hoping there was an easy/fast way.I put on a gear sample label on the chip where it look centered. Then I brought the bit down while off to see how it lined up. Tried to lock everything down as tight as I could once i got it where I wanted. It’s not a perfect set up /jig and there is some variance in how the chip sits so I am having to do a little more eyeballing which is slowing me down and I’ve had a few off center. But overall not terrible.
I am going slow to start. I am guessing (hoping!) that I’ll get the hang of it and make corrections over time.That’s about what I imagined to do. I also imagine it to be time consuming lol. Was hoping there was an easy/fast way.
I'd imagine you'd have to cut it out like normal labelsAny pro tips on how to get stamped labels ready to relabel?
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