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I watched the whole thread and cant figure out what methods you use for making the stencils.
Are these handmade or do you use a circut?
You’d mentioned that you scan the pf before making the stencils, can you share your methods?
I am very curious because I will be tackling a resto project in the near future and want to be ready for it.
Quoted from trilogybeer:I have got a MH series (US Cutter) 28 inch vinyl cutter that I use for cutting stencils. I scan images with just my standard scanner printer combo. If I need to alter or clean up any scans I do that work in gimp. From gimp I Export as a .jpg. To get the image ready for my cutting program I use Inkscape. I import the image into Inkscape and embed the image. Then I choose “trace bitmap” in the path options. Trace the bitmap and save the “path” as an .eps. These files can be imported directly into many cutting programs, I am currently using Sure Cuts A lot 4 as my cutting program (it will work with many different cutters). Import my .eps file and the cutting program can cut it, sizing adjustments can be made in the cutting program. Also the cutting program works well for basic tasks like making circles or text. Below are some pictures of my cutter and an insert stencil in Inkscape and in sure cuts a lot 4. There certainly is much better programs for all this but all the programs I use are either free or very cheap. If you have any questions feel free to pm me.
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Thank you very much. I will be in touch.
Quoted from trilogybeer:Pop bumper parts tumbled and installed. [quoted image]
they look great tumbled, I do not have a media tumbler but have a small wet/stainless steel pins tumbler.
Wondering if anybody here tried tumbling with that?
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