Rubber Stamps

[talanhart]

This is for all you Rubber Stampers out there who want to cut their own stamps. I have a sheet of unbonded 1/16" silicone rubber that I made here at work. I am going to take it home and try to cut it on my Cricut. Any thoughts or suggestions? Do you think 1/16" (1.5mm) is too thick. I can also make sheets 1/32" (.793mm) thick. Will 1/16" rubber even fit under my cutter. I don't have my machine here with me, so I can't tell.

[kelsie94]

I have some rubber gasket that's 1/16" (hubby gave it to me to use in my Cuttlebug). I just put it on a mat and tried to load it into the expression. It does go however, the blade has to be set on #1 (just a tad snug with #2). I didn't try cutting with it though. Just checked to see if it would fit. With the blade set on #1 it might not cut all the way through the rubber - even multiply times - as it may not be long enough. I think the 1/32" would slide in better although that might be fairly thin depending on the stamps you are making. JMHO!!

[prob21]

I've made a lot of stamps from 2mm fun foam.As you know it doesn't have same thickness all the sheet.
I found I must have a very stick pad...so the fun foam doesn't move while machine is working.Blade set on 5.
I've cut several intricated designs...using 3 cuts set... n they resulted very nice.
I stacked&glued 2 or 3 of same designs because I used those stamps on fabric.

[lkc]

Will you be using the deep cut blade? It is suppose to handle chipboard and magnet sheets and other thicker materials.

[talanhart]

I am going to try it with my regular blade first.

[Silvertip]

I haven't tried them yet, but I have heard the Roland 60 degree blades are supposed to be able to cut thicker material. And they cut more precise and they are suppose to be able to fit in the normal blade housing.

[talanhart]

The 1/16" rubber was too thick to put on a mat, so I just loaded it into the machine. I set my cutter at 6 and the pressure at Max. It almost cut all the way through and it cut cleanly. I am going to try it again with a thinner sheet. I think it will work.

[firstcut]

I had ordered some 1/32" red silicone rubber a while back to try and finally got around to it. It cut like butter. I used a cartridge for ease of testing and cut regular and blackout and/or shadow cuts for the layers of the stamp. The image quality of the stamp was not perfect as the ink pooled on the stamp surface a bit, even after I "conditioned" it with fine sanding. I am not a hard core stamper so I could live with these results, but real stampers may be disappointed. The rubber seems to have a filmy surface that may be causing the problem. Perhaps there is a solvent that would take care of that.

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[kelsie94]

That's great Firstcut! It's amazing what can be done with our cricuts! Thanks for showing us pics of the finished product.

[lkc]

Kay,

Where did you get the rubber and did you use a regular blade, what settings?

Laura