Template Generator + label printer = GOLD

mc · Post by mc » 12 Dec 2007 09:14

I love the template generator, but my method of using it to make templates out of credit cards has been flawed. I've either stapled or taped, and neither of those are perfect, and consequently, I've had to trim my panels a little more than I'd like after using the templates to cut them.

Peng gave me the idea some time ago, and I just got access to a label printer. this is gonna be the shit.

just wanted to put that out there so someone else could try it.

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 12 Dec 2007 11:50

i either glue my dimensions printout on my template material or tape it with surgical tape. Idk why, i just have the surgical tape laying around and my dad gets the cheap kind of skotch tape so its what i use.

frozenwalkway · Post by **frozenwalkway** » 12 Dec 2007 13:50

i take a piece paper size sheet of poster board and stick it through my printer

i think only top loader printers can do this and even then i have to put force on it my self or it wont grab the poster board

Guest_1 · Post by **Guest_1** » 12 Dec 2007 13:57

http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.ph ... fa9fe51828

It's only 5 bucks for johnny's templates!

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 12 Dec 2007 15:37

I glue my paper templates on fake credit cards. Apparently, fake credit cards are not as thick as the real ones, but they are less of a fuss to cut with. They can last and last through the tracing process and whatever.

And if any of the sides get worn out or rugged, just use a nail filer. It makes all the difference.

Pengu · Post by **Pengu** » 12 Dec 2007 18:13

Yogurt/sour cream container lids (the big ones) are a prime piece of flat, easy-to-cut plastic.

Before I settled on a template, I would print out my templates on sticker paper and stick them on these pieces of plastic to make my templates.

These same yogurt containers, can be cut open and used to make primo funnels.

Speaking of funnels, I'm aching for a funnel cake right now. Gosh are those delicious.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 13 Dec 2007 11:53

Has anyone tried feeding a piece of ultrasuede through a printer and printing directly onto it? Just a though

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 13 Dec 2007 11:57

that may just be stupid enough to work.

frozenwalkway · Post by **frozenwalkway** » 14 Dec 2007 15:35

LOL thatd be awesome. i bet theres a way to do it. you could probably put the ultrasuede onto the posterboard like i said i did and go into photoshop and copypast the templates lol.

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 14 Dec 2007 16:19

I don't know if the printer ink would do well with fabrics, since the surface quality of facile and paper aren't very comparable.

frozenwalkway · Post by **frozenwalkway** » 14 Dec 2007 21:27

lol ill try a test when i have time. i remember peng said someone offered to try a laser cutter. anyone try that yet?

mc · Post by mc » 14 Dec 2007 22:14

printing on facile would save you all the time tracing.

printing on a sticker and making a template and using the mosher magnet method would save you all the time tracing AND would increase your per-cut panel production by 400%.