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Post by warrior1991 on Mar 2, 2019 21:56:14 GMT
I know I might get rotten fruit thrown at me, but I have a question about getting the stitched part off of a die. Do you think I could grind it off? If I had a dremel tool with the right tip?
Has anyone ever tried it?
Thx
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Post by Embri on Mar 2, 2019 23:34:20 GMT
I haven't tried it, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. I regularly sand down the join marks where dies needed to be cut apart with my diamond file set, so if you're determined it can be done. You'd have to be very careful about not damaging the solid outer edge. I'd probably tape over that with some tough duct tape or something similar to avoid 'oops'. Don't forget your eye protection and a mask or respirator, because breathing in aerosolized paint flecks and metal isn't good for your lungs! Make sure you get a metal grinding tip on the Dremel - regular files and woodworking drill bits will barely dent dies. Ask me how I know.  |
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Post by GiantsFan on Mar 3, 2019 0:27:13 GMT
I'm sure if you have a steady hand you could do it. My fear would be to nick the cutting edge. I think it would be much easier to buy a set of dies with no stitching. Or a set like the HA Infinty dies. Of course not as cost effective as repurposing something you already have.
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Post by wendifful on Mar 3, 2019 2:04:05 GMT
I use a dremel tool to sand the nubs off dies from the wires that connect them together. I think you definitely *could* do it, but I think it would be a huge pain, plus you run the risk of damaging the cutting edge. It's hard with dies, especially dies with large open spaces, to keep them steady while using the dremel.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Mar 3, 2019 2:48:59 GMT
If it’s just a basic shape those are pretty cheap on Amazon if you buy generic. What type/brand are you trying to alter?
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Post by riley on Mar 3, 2019 16:48:41 GMT
It’s funny about how big I was on stitching dies and how now I don’t use them much. I didn’t think it was a look I would tire of but I have. I use my infinity dies the most now. Seems like it would be worth a try to remove the stitching. You could test it out on one of the sizes you don’t use much.
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on Mar 5, 2019 5:36:49 GMT
Trust me, even if they are expensive dies, it is cheaper just to buy more dies WITHOUT the stitching! It is almost impossible to get it down far enough to NOT have some residual stitching left on the die. Very hard to NOT nick the cutting edge.
I've done something similar. I removed the round holes that punched a hole in some QuicKutz cookie cutter type dies. I got it down to where it didn't cut the hole but there was a slight indention.
Removing parts of commercial steel rule dies are actually easier. I've also removed some steel rule parts of Sizzix Original and Pro dies also.
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Post by warrior1991 on Mar 5, 2019 14:47:26 GMT
If it’s just a basic shape those are pretty cheap on Amazon if you buy generic. What type/brand are you trying to alter? I don't own any dies with stitching. I don't like the look so don't buy dies with them on. I like a couple sets of dies from Queen & Company with their shaker sets. All the dies have stitching on them (they don't sell sets without the stitching of what I want). I am debating on getting the dies anyway even though I don't like the stitching, but wondered about grinding off the stitching. |
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Post by gape1 on Mar 5, 2019 15:52:05 GMT
As someone mentioned above: use dremel tool . |
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Post by scrappington on Mar 5, 2019 23:45:42 GMT
Are the dies expensive? Like if you mess up grinding are you going to be out a lot of money
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Post by Embri on Mar 6, 2019 0:18:23 GMT
Eeeeh... I'd probably not try it with Queen & Co. shaped shakers. You'd be trying to remove the dashes between two edges you need to preserve, and that's going to be a serious challenge. With most dies you at least have the empty interior to work into where there's nothing critical to hit. Are there maybe some nesting dies that could make similar shakers without the stitching? I'm not sure which shapes you're looking for in particular.
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Post by warrior1991 on Mar 6, 2019 2:39:11 GMT
This is one of the sets I'm looking at: LINK |
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Post by artisticscrapper on Mar 6, 2019 4:34:52 GMT
I have some stitched frames but I agree. I wouldn’t want stitching on those dies in your link either. It seems out of place. If you do get them I hope you can alter them but it looks like a major project.
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Post by Embri on Mar 6, 2019 9:20:20 GMT
Yeah, that's going to be a metric ton of very careful, painstaking work. It might be easier to print a template and fussy cut your shakers at that point. Or find similar but solid shape dies, and cut out the windows from them. There's just so much stitching on each one.  |
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Post by scrappington on Mar 6, 2019 13:35:52 GMT
The length scrapers will go.
That would be precision hand work.
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Post by Embri on Apr 17, 2019 22:52:18 GMT
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Post by warrior1991 on Apr 18, 2019 12:52:07 GMT
Wow, they even used Queen & Companies photos.
I have the set and the stitching on them is growing on me so was going to leave it for now. But maybe your idea of trying it out on a cheap set might be good.
Thank you for the idea.
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Post by hop2 on Apr 18, 2019 12:59:48 GMT
Wow, they even used Queen & Companies photos. I have the set and the stitching on them is growing on me so was going to leave it for now. But maybe your idea of trying it out on a cheap set might be good. Thank you for the idea. they use the spellbinders pictures too. They just blurry out the spellbinders envelope. |
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Post by Embri on Apr 18, 2019 21:58:45 GMT
they use the spellbinders pictures too. They just blurry out the spellbinders envelope. Yeah, that's par for the course with AliExpress. You shouldn't trust any of the glamour, graphic or staged product shots too much; they're unlikely to be exactly what you get. The accurate pictures are ones that show the dies themselves, usually on a gridded cutting mat. They're not as pretty so the sellers don't use those as the lead picture most of the time. |
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