Stamp Set

thingiverse

With my niece's third birthday swiftly approaching, I was informed that she really enjoys collecting stamps. I browsed Thingiverse but found that none of the available options met my needs - a few choices were present, but nothing was ready-to-print. So I decided to create my own. Boxes customized from: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1255039 Stamp handle: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1409724 My inspiration for the stamp designs came from various sources, including: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5676 (although this is not a derivative). Since no one seemed to have provided clear instructions for creating custom stamps like what I wanted, here's how I made several stamps easily without having to draw out each shape or design individually. Instructions are for making a 30mm diameter and 6mm thick (3mm design + 3mm base) stamp to use with the 30mm customized handle above. I found Cura to add a base to the stamp designs even when the base was set to zero, which is why I set it to 4mm thick stamp designs and then trimmed off 1mm from the bottom. Some additional background on the stamp set along with more photos can be seen on my blog: http://blog.mattsphotogallery.com/2016/03/stamp-set/ Print Settings Printer: Monoprice Maker Select Rafts: Doesn't Matter Supports: Doesn't Matter Notes: Everything was printed in PLA. The silver and green stamp handles were made with natural PLA that had been run through sharpies. The darker blue on the stamps is flexible filament from Fry's (http://www.frys.com/product/8452878) - I simply paused the print at a height of 3mm and switched. Post-Printing I used cyanoacrylate gel to attach the magnets into the stamps and stamp handles. A few of the stamps required their holes to be drilled out slightly. I didn't measure to see if the variation was due to the cheap magnets I had or in the printed size of the holes (which is probably what it was). Make sure the magnets are oriented correctly before gluing :-) How I Designed This Find source image(s): Google image search for "Icon" sized "Black and White" images with various terms such as "stamp", "butterfly", or "heart". You can also take screenshots of symbols or text... for the "Leila" stamp, I simply typed out "Leila" in Word, changed the font to "Forte", and took a screenshot before processing as below. Gimp: Flatten image with white background. Scale size to ten times initial size. Autocrop Image --> Mode --> Indexed --> Generate optimum palette (2 colors) --> Convert Scale to 250px wide Export as .jpg Cura: File --> Load Model File --> pick your .jpg Height: 4 Base: 0 Width/Depth: change the larger of the two to thirty millimeters Darker is higher No smoothing or light smoothing (depends on the image) Hit Ok File --> Save Model (make sure to save as a .stl file) Netfabb: Open the model you saved above. Under the cuts section, change the Z cut height to 1mm. Click execute cut. Click cut. Click on the bottom 1mm of the model and hit the delete button. Right click on the remaining three millimeters of the model and export as STL (ASCII). Combine the stamp model with the stamp base in the program of your choice (I use MeshLab). You may have to scale and/or rotate depending on the design. For the lid, I took a screenshot of my niece's name (Leila) typed into Word (the font is Forte) and followed the above instructions but scaled the width to 100 millimeters when opening in Cura. All the intermediate files and miscellaneous items are included in the .zip file if you're interested, including the customized handle and boxes.