Hey all..
Again a newbie question. I’m using MillMage to cut leather stamps, working though learning the process. Some of the stamps that I’ve ordered before have the square edges of the uncut areas beveled back so that it makes the shape you’re stamping take less pressure to depress into the leather. Does that make sense? Is that possible to do with MillMage?
Thanks!
Dean
Images would help a lot. I am guessing the text above means you are talking about a metal stamp used to imprint the leather. You should be able to cut the leather in a pattern that simulates the stamp. But I expect you will need razor sharp tooling to cut the leather cleanly.
What I am not clear about is whether you are trying to duplicate the stamp or what it does to the leather.
I get that, I’m probably not doing the best at describing it. Here are a couple of pictures. What I’m trying to do is replicate this with the base being thicker than the top. Doesn’t need to be sharp so much but detailed.
Thanks
Dean
In other words, where the letters are raised in the image, you want them to cut recessed?
Sharp and detailed are the same thing.
That’s basically a V-Carve, just inverted, using a narrow angle bit, like this:
This will be available in our upcoming Pro version of MillMage.
Cool! Thanks
I had that all wrong!
For @LightBurn’s image, I would just pocket it out with a regular mill, then profile the letters with a V-bit cutter.
I don’t think that would work, at least, not quite - The pocket would go straight down, so you’d need to add enough “stock to leave” to leave material for the V-bit to remove.
And V-carving produces a pretty different result than straight pocketing:
The left is V-carved, the right is done your way:
Look at the corners of the inner corners of the W, and part at the top where the two serifs almost touch. The V-bit easily makes those inner corners, where a normal pocket would need a rest pocket to clear them, and you’ll only get as ‘sharp’ an interior corner as your smallest bit.
Tomahtoes - tomaytoes 
Yes, I see the difference. Yours faithfully duplicates the font, mine does not. But you have to admit mine does not look all that bad, right?
Thank you for taking the time to test both options. I know how busy you are!
