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A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

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Re: A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

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Post by ginko »

em-bee wrote: post #13
ugh123 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way I understand your comment is you could have a scene or objects printed on a card, then line up an embossed design over the print to create depth or imprint specific areas of the print creating various effects. That would be interesting

also a tool that generates the emboss pattern based on the design of the card. so that for example a logo on the card gets embossed.

I think it should be relatively straightforward to set up something like that with build123d[1]. You can load the emboss pattern from an SVG and project it on the surface of a cylinder with `project_faces()`[2]. Some positive/negative extrusion and some added keyholes and you're done.

[1] https://build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

[2] https://build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/direct_api_refere...

Re: A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

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Post by aleph_minus_one »

tehdely wrote: post #28

My card is die-cut. My card is foil-stamped. My card is embossed.

Is this the relevant reference?

https://x.com/goldman/status/1377437553830203395

(longer quote: "My card is die cut, my card is foil stamped, my card is embossed. It doesn’t fit in a Rolodex because it doesn’t belong in a Rolodex.").

Re: A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

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Post by ricardobeat »

Great design. Printing without supports is faster and gives better quality surfaces.

Supports are one of the main drawbacks of FDM 3D printing, it takes a lot of effort and limits your designs. Can’t wait until 4/5-axis printers become the norm.

Re: A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

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Post by em-bee »

cm2187 wrote: post #18
em-bee wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

also a tool that generates the emboss pattern based on the design of the card. so that for example a logo on the card gets embossed.

or the text in 3d, like credit cards used to be

i thought about that, but i think doing that to cardboard is more likely to cut the letters. you can't really make the patterns to narrow to think. although you could emboss an outline of the text

Re: A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

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Post by em-bee »

xx_ns wrote: post #26
spwa4 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that was not done by embossing but by "3d printing" on the business card directly.

I'm in Estonia, and my bank issues debit and credit cards that are definitely embossed.

unrelated, but that's almost surprising. austrian banks stopped issuing embossed cards years ago. is anyone in estonia still using that feature?
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