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-Create your own rubber stamp on a laser cutterPerfect for hackerspace passports, outgoing packages, and other fun stuff. Usually passport stamps have a little symbol to indicate how you entered the country (a little plane, train, boat, or car), so we added an elevator and stairs as that's how visitor'​s enter our space! You can download the template for this stamp on Thingiverse. +
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-First you will need some artwork to stamp. Create your artwork in your favorite vector program. We like Illustrator but ultimately use Corel Draw to output to the laser cutter. +
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-If your artwork contains text, be sure to "​create outlines"​ to convert the font to a filled area. +
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-When you've successfully converted to outlines, selecting your text should look like this. +
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-It's also advised to outline any paths you wish to include in your stamp. In Illustrator use the "​outline stroke"​ option. We save as an Illustrator 10 file for best results importing into Corel Draw. +
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-Moving over to Corel Draw! Import your artwork into a file whose dimensions match your material. The rubber we got from Laserbits is 11.75" x 8.25". Some settings may have not translated into Corel Draw perfectly so double check your artwork has a completely black fill. +
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-We followed this Epilog tutorial which says to put a "​fence"​ around your stamp(s). Use a hairline box the same size as your stamper'​s sticky pad. +
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-On to print! In your print settings/​laser driver settings, these raster settings work well on our 35-Watt laser. Consult your laser manual; ours includes recommended settings for rubber stamp material. +
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-Now the stampy part: under the "​advanced"​ tab in our Epilog settings, there'​s a stamp mode. This allows you to employ "​shoulders"​ to strengthen your graphics when etched into the flexible stamp material, as well as mirror your stamp within the "​fence"​ you made earlier. +
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-Place your material in the laser. Double check your document size, printer settings, and material are all the same in dimension.e +
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-Go! You will make multiple passes to achieve the desired depth. +
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-We lasered four stamps to show you the difference between 1-2-3-4 passes. +
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-Remember if you're making more than one stamp to include a fence around all of the stamps! +
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-Rinse your rubber. +
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-This is what the four passes look like starting from the top: four, three, two, one. +
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-This is our first stamp, which had three passes from the laser. It worked ok but had a bit of haloing around the edges! +
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-Cut your stamp out along the fence if that is your preference. +
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-We cut ours down further after looking at commercial stamps, following the contours of the design. +
  
 +This tutorial has moved to [[http://​learn.adafruit.com/​laser-custom-stamps|http://​learn.adafruit.com/​laser-custom-stamps]]
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