09-01-2021, 12:06 AM
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Re: I have been playing - again!
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Not entirely sure, Tiffany. Probably use them on cards - but ones I can hand deliver rather than post as the Aluminium is very fine and marks easily. Will have to research what sort of adhesives to use as well. Going to try it with some dies tomorrow. Am allowing myself 1 x sheet (A4) of each colour to play with!
Daughter gave me a Hedwig Lego set for Christmas, goodness knows when I'll get to make it though, it looks real complicated.
09-01-2021, 12:10 AM
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Re: I have been playing - again!
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Wow! That looks fun - but complicated.
I will probably give it back & say make it for me. It'll keep her busy & she loves making Lego sets.
09-01-2021, 08:46 AM
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Re: I have been playing - again!
Originally Posted by carol
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Beautiful Tabby. I like the falling leaves.I hope you'll show us when you've done something with them.
Do you have any ideas?
09-01-2021, 10:15 AM
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They look lovely. They are very talented.Does it count as one of the "Black Arts"? (Plastering, artexing, rendering, bricklaying, illusion painting etcetera.)
How do you actually make them?
(There's the Enginerd in me coming out; wanting to understand the process, the machines/people that make machines/things).
09-01-2021, 10:44 AM
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Re: I have been playing - again!
Originally Posted by Fruitcake
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How do you actually make them?
Take 1 x sheet of Aluminium
Choose a suitable embossing folder
Cut Aluminium to fit. Best thing to use is a very sharp surgical scalpel. Craft knives can pull and leave a jagged edge.
Run through a die-cutting machine - an electric one if possible. You could use a hand cranked one but the roller pressure is not so strong - you would have to run it through more than once and risk marking the Aluminium.
All I have to do now is think of a way to use these panels!
09-01-2021, 11:07 AM
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Re: I have been playing - again!
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Thank you!
I meant, You are very talented.
Thanks for the explanation. I think I can work out the process. I've never heard of an embossing folder before but I imagine it has a raised pattern, possibly male and female, and the metal sheets are pressed/rolled/stamped in between them to transfer the raised pattern.
A bit like laying pattern imprinted concrete, but with more precision.
09-01-2021, 12:26 PM
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Re: I have been playing - again!
Originally Posted by Fruitcake
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Sorry, I'm having trouble with my worms today.I meant, You are very talented.
Thanks for the explanation. I think I can work out the process. I've never heard of an embossing folder before but I imagine it has a raised pattern, possibly male and female, and the metal sheets are pressed/rolled/stamped in between them to transfer the raised pattern.
A bit like laying pattern imprinted concrete, but with more precision.
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