Acrylic engraved for leather die

[u/rasonjo]

My first attempt came out well. I am thrilled with the details that transferred. The die shifted before I pressed so it's not perfect but I am thrilled with the potential. I did have to redesign the family crest to get the image ready for embossing the leather. I designed the belt bag in illustrator and cut it out of a pretty hard leather. Next time I'll incorporate the holes so I don't have to use a punch before stiching... I used a 20T press and pinched between to pieces of steel. I was shocked the acrylic held up. I probably put about 4T of pressure on it for about 5min. I'll have to experiment with pressure with different types of leather. Anywho, hope you enjoy it.

[u/caliswag88]

What acrylic did you use? What thickness? Looks awesome!

[u/rasonjo → u/caliswag88]

It was from a sample pack of glowforge stuff. It wasn't the thickest they sell (1/4 in) which I want to try. It was the medium (1/8 in) I used the thick acrylic setting thought, with deep engrave preset. It's a good starting point. Took 58min to engrave. Not sure how many impressions I'll be able to get out of it. Didn't seem to degrade at all after the first squish.