I remember reading about some kind of plumbers gasket material that people
thought worked pretty well for stamps.
Can someone please describe it for me?
Does it come in a sheet? How big? How thick is the material?
I've been to one Sears and 2 Home Depot's and can't find it.
Thanks.
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Plumbers gasket for stamp carving
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Started on 2004-02-11
Plumbers gasket for stamp carving
From: Rainear, Tim TQO (trainear@tqs.com) |
Date: 2004-02-11 14:25:50 UTC-08:00
Re: Plumbers gasket for stamp carving
From: rubaduc2001 (Rubaduc@juno.com) |
Date: 2004-02-11 22:43:33 UTC
-My son works in a plumbing supply house, so after reading about
plumbers gasket I asked for a piece to see if I liked it. He sent me
a 3ft.x3ft. piece !!! Seems it comes in a 3ft. wide strip so he just
cut off a square section. It's very thin and I've had no luck with
finding a way to transfer an image but it carves well. I don't think
it'll hold the ink too well either but I've not really carved with it
yet. Any hints on using it would be appreciated.
Rubaduc
p.s. Raindear, e-mail me off list and I could send you a small piece.
-- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Rainear, Tim TQO"
wrote:
> I remember reading about some kind of plumbers gasket material that
people
> thought worked pretty well for stamps.
> Can someone please describe it for me?
> Does it come in a sheet? How big? How thick is the material?
> I've been to one Sears and 2 Home Depot's and can't find it.
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
plumbers gasket I asked for a piece to see if I liked it. He sent me
a 3ft.x3ft. piece !!! Seems it comes in a 3ft. wide strip so he just
cut off a square section. It's very thin and I've had no luck with
finding a way to transfer an image but it carves well. I don't think
it'll hold the ink too well either but I've not really carved with it
yet. Any hints on using it would be appreciated.
Rubaduc
p.s. Raindear, e-mail me off list and I could send you a small piece.
-- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Rainear, Tim TQO"
> I remember reading about some kind of plumbers gasket material that
people
> thought worked pretty well for stamps.
> Can someone please describe it for me?
> Does it come in a sheet? How big? How thick is the material?
> I've been to one Sears and 2 Home Depot's and can't find it.
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [LbNA] Plumbers gasket for stamp carving
From: AC (cshouse@optonline.net) |
Date: 2004-02-11 18:12:44 UTC-05:00
I tried it and didn't like it at all. It is cheap though, I about a 12x12 inch piece from Lowes for about 60 cents.
I tried new nibs, and my usual scalpel and didn't care for the results. If you have a really steady hand you can get some fine lines, alas, too much caffinated tea for me!
For those who have never used them, disposable scalpels are REALLY cheap, a box of 100 was less that $10 they're even cheaper if you know someone who uses they professionally (if ya know whutamean). They are much sharper than an Xacto. I would say under normal circumstances they are way too sharp for most kids, although all 4 of my girls have used them to carve (ages 6 to 11).
Talking Turtle
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I tried new nibs, and my usual scalpel and didn't care for the results. If you have a really steady hand you can get some fine lines, alas, too much caffinated tea for me!
For those who have never used them, disposable scalpels are REALLY cheap, a box of 100 was less that $10 they're even cheaper if you know someone who uses they professionally (if ya know whutamean). They are much sharper than an Xacto. I would say under normal circumstances they are way too sharp for most kids, although all 4 of my girls have used them to carve (ages 6 to 11).
Talking Turtle
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