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My homemade embossing tool.
« on: June 13, 2017, 12:10:22 PM »
I really like making my holsters with the Texas Lonestar brand on them. So I decided to try my hand at making them a little easier to do with this embossing tool I fabricated. Still have some fine tuning to do with it...but not too bad for my first try.



This is before the tool....


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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2017, 12:34:41 PM »
darn good work! creative too.
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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2017, 03:57:16 PM »
Very nice. Many thanks for sharing this with us.
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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2017, 04:45:24 PM »
Very clever ! And does a good job! ,,,DT

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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2017, 05:27:08 PM »
Good job!
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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2017, 11:10:23 PM »
That's mighty good. It sure does the job nicely. Thanks for the pics. Do you have any pictures of how you made them?

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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2017, 07:56:22 AM »
That's mighty good. It sure does the job nicely. Thanks for the pics. Do you have any pictures of how you made them?
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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2017, 02:40:26 PM »
I'm working on this holster for my 5 1/2" barreled six guns. It should be nice after the finishing steps are done.


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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2017, 02:48:40 PM »
That's mighty good. It sure does the job nicely. Thanks for the pics. Do you have any pictures of how you made them?

No pics...here's the wordy version.... I took two holesaw pieces the diameter I wanted, ground off the teeth, assembled them on the holesaw arbor. Then filled the inside 2 rings with JB Weld and then pressed in the 1/4" letter/number stamps, let dry.

Next found a piece of PVC tubing coupler the right size (1 1/8th) and likewise filled it up with JB Weld and let dry. Then marked the points of a star on the end of the PVC piece and used a hacksaw to crosscut the star points into the PVC and JB Weld. Took a knife and removed the rest of the star and then it's done.

It's not perfect...but I know it would cost Thousands$$$$$ to have a professional tool made...so this will do for me.

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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2017, 03:17:50 PM »
There are people using 3D printers to make a heavy plastic stamp, that can be had for less than $50. But that doesn't show the sheer genius and MacGuyvering that you put into your own brand. Not perfect? Rustic and charming, and well done.

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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2017, 11:32:04 PM »
Thanks, Rick. That's pure ingenuity to make that. I like it a lot. I had a hand filed bolt for my makers mark for years before I finally got one. It was nothing compared to yours. Looks great.  :D 8)

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Re: My homemade embossing tool.
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2017, 12:09:17 AM »
Thanks, Rick. That's pure ingenuity to make that. I like it a lot. I had a hand filed bolt for my makers mark for years before I finally got one. It was nothing compared to yours. Looks great.  :D 8)

Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot to me you guys who know way more than I.

Here's the near finished holster... only a few more steps left.


 

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