rubber bumper engraving

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just tried this out today. froze the bumpers for 48 hours and tried an engraving program on them. cut good but will have to space things differently because its is thawing as the program runs. anybody else tried this. it could be a cool touch without having 1000's of custom bumpers made.
thanks
robert harris
 

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Engraved Bumpers

Nice touch ! Anything you can do to make it your own is a added bonus on a cue in my opinion.
 
harris cue comp said:
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Assuming that's a question, the answer is yes. Bill Stroud used to freeze standard available bumpers and then machine them to his own specs.

As for logo engraving, I would think it'd be cheaper and easier to simple laser engrave them. Yes, I know... you don't own a laser engraver. That's okay, there is almost certainly someone near you who DOES. If you build a jig to hold your bumpers and then supply them with the O.C. data for each bumper I'll bet you could get a hundred engraved for less than $1 each.

If you actually calculate shop time like a real business that's a lot cheaper than engraving them yourself, AND with a laser you could actually have something interesting on there - as opposed to just crude machine text.

TW
 
harris cue comp said:
just tried this out today. froze the bumpers for 48 hours and tried an engraving program on them. cut good but will have to space things differently because its is thawing as the program runs. anybody else tried this. it could be a cool touch without having 1000's of custom bumpers made.
thanks
robert harris
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I think it looks very good, nice touch, but,,,,,,48 hours? They aren't any colder frozen for 48 hours than they are frozen for 1 hour.
 
rubber bumpers

thanks for the feedback. they just happened to be in the freezer for 48 hours. i was busy doing something else when i took out. i thought this would be a cool touch and it only took a few minutes in the mill.
 
harris cue comp said:
thanks for the feedback. they just happened to be in the freezer for 48 hours. i was busy doing something else when i took out. i thought this would be a cool touch and it only took a few minutes in the mill.
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I think it's a very cool touch. I was reading up about machining rubber the other day. There's a lot more to it than one might fist suspect...first off there are many kinds of rubber. I was actually reading about it because of a missing vintage bumper and machining one instead of molding one came to mind. (Yes, I am nuts).

Anyway, I think it's great. Yes you can farm it out and have it laser engraved cheaply...but where does one draw the line? You could farm out your shafts and get those cheap too? You could farm out everything, get yourself some decals and.....


Nice work, great effort, and done in your own shop by your own ingenuity. I appreciate that. :grin:









Easier and cheaper to farm it out? Isn't this part of what got the US in the mess it's in? Just a thought.
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Another option is heat embossing. Our laser takes longer to do this job than the hot press and brass stamp we made.

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Good looking bumper. My cue has something similar on the bottom but, Keith doesn't carve his bumpers. He does however, make his own custom molds. I'll have to try to get a good pic of it later.
 
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