posted April 19, 2000 09:58 AM
Does anyone make or know someone that will make (lazer cut maybe) magnetic stencils? Not just individual #'s & letters but like a 9" x 12" with a body of text. Thanks
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posted April 19, 2000 06:39 PM
Okey, dokey......here's how we do it. On our computerized router we heavily score the magnetic with the tangential head. Copy can be easily "broken" out. If you don't have a router, a heavy 750 plotter will work. Ours has a 10mil flexible lexan carrier (home made) to which you can mount your mag material. (traction feed won't work) Using the heaviest of the weights, the plotter will "score" the surface of the magnetic. Now you can flex and break the characters out. I'm assuming you're using a "stencil font". It voiks, kiddo........
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posted April 21, 2000 12:52 PM
Thank you Pierre! I tried it and it works! I have been having them "lazered" but my friend said the metal in the mags was burning out their lazer so I lost my contact. I cut on an Anagraph 75E and used weight of 13. I taped the magnetic to a very thin flexible sentra piece leaving a 2" margin of sentra beyond the magnetic on the sides. I rested the plotter "feet" on the sentra only and it fed through beautifully! If anyone needs the magnetic stencils go ahead and give it a try!
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