A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

(core77.com)

72 points | by surprisetalk 2 days ago

9 comments

  • adenta 27 minutes ago
    I wish it was easy for a CAD n00b to create templates for this. Like I want my business card to be the emboss
  • mikepurvis 4 hours ago
    It would be interesting to try to have actual registration so that the embossed design can interact with the printed copy rather that just being an arbitrary background decoration.
    • mikestaas 3 hours ago
      You could have a detent on the edge of the platen for a consistent starting position.
    • ugh123 3 hours ago
      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
      • em-bee 1 hour ago
        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.
        • cm2187 42 minutes ago
          or the text in 3d, like credit cards used to be
          • spwa4 13 minutes ago
            I think that was not done by embossing but by "3d printing" on the business card directly.
    • ashoeafoot 2 hours ago
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  • spragl 1 hour ago
    Or you could just print the business cards themselves with your 3D-printer.
    • 2muchcoffeeman 32 minutes ago
      That would be really slow and not as versatile as an embosser.
  • tempeler 2 hours ago
    Eventually, I’ll have a fancy business card like Paul Allen’s!
  • btbuildem 5 hours ago
    I like how they kept it simple and minimal. If you look into embossers, their form factor is quite different (more akin to a construction stapler).

    I've been tinkering with a variation on the theme -- something that can emboss paper / cardboard / thin sheet metal. 3D printed dies work great, but it's some rabbit hole! Lots and lots to learn.

  • notpushkin 5 hours ago
    For some inexplicable reason, this site does not load properly for me. It also has apparently eaten all my memory.

    Edit: it works if you put it through archive.ph: https://archive.ph/ruSeX

    And here’s the model collection: https://makerworld.com/en/collections/453534-business-card-e...

    • emsign 44 minutes ago
      Same issue for me on Android + Firefox. It times out connections in other apps too and brings my phone to a halt.
    • zbrozek 3 hours ago
      Same problem for me on Firefox.
      • spragl 1 hour ago
        Same. But disable JavaScript and you can see it.
        • emsign 43 minutes ago
          JS code like that should be made illegal lol
  • majorchord 5 hours ago
    But can it do watermarks?
  • differtoname 2 days ago
    cool
  • curtisszmania 5 hours ago
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