Oh yeah, laser. How did it not occur to me. Can even cut a template out of plywood and it will be durable and regular in shape.
I would still do a few and glue them together though, to keep the stamp from wobbling around.
Most likely, yes, it will be better that way. Need to test this and choose the most optimal solution.
How about using washers from another metal? Softer, for example, aluminum.
Yeah, on one hand steel backups are way more popular since it's less easy to bend e.g. if a house were to burn down and it's crushed. On the other hand, those are usually single sheets of steel, while this method gives you a compact, solid cylinder of metal that should be a lot harder to bend, even if the material itself was as soft as aluminium.
Only other reason against it could be price, but it does sound like a good substitute for a better result and less corrosion risk!
Together with the outer capsule, the strength should be acceptable. Also, you can use a capsule made of a more durable material (steel or stainless steel).
Can order along with the details for the template and other elements, so as not to raise questions, why do you need this product. Lose them among other elements.
I like this idea. You really think outside the box.
Make the circle part of some other design (such as the box you've shown) and trash the rest once you receive it. Nice!
This is not just a box, but a safe with a combination lock for storing your washers capsule or paper seed-phrase (no one is responsible for safety).
Can add a few elements you need to such a drawing and give it to any company on order (to cut parts with a laser), even if you have it across the road. No one will guess about the extra elements, unless of course they read this topic.
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Interesting little project, but this looks like a cheap alternative that is more time consuming to make, and it's inferior to engraving procedure in many ways, ...
Yes, that's right, it was conceived as a cheap alternative that is simple and quick to make. It will not take so much time to make: draw a shape, cut it out of cardboard, glue it - that's all.
...and using glue and markers means that it can easily be removed with some liquids.
Oh no, no. You didn't quite understand my idea. I used a marker (for clarity) only because I don't have stamps (I wrote about this above). According to my idea, stamps should be used instead of a marker, as in
n0nce's project.
How about using washers from another metal? Softer, for example, aluminum. This metal is not subject to corrosion due to the oxide film, which is quite resistant to weathering. The melting point is also not very low. But the main advantage is ease and pliability in processing.
This is terrible idea!
Never use aluminum in any way for storing seed words... you can see Jameson Lopp test with some metal backups made partially from this metal.
It can be distorted much easier and it melt's on much lower temperature than stainless steel or copper, especially if it's some cheap alloy it can be even lower.
Someone said that you can easily avoid corrosion for stainless steel with industrial fat or even with paint, if you worry about that (I wouldn't if stored properly).
For comparison, it can have almost three times lower melting point compared to cheap washers made from stainless steel:
Aluminum 1220 F or
660 CAluminum Alloys 865-1240 F or 463-671 C
Copper 1983 F or 1084 C
Stainless Steel 2750 F or
1510 COk. If Jameson is against aluminum
, then can replace it with any metal, be it copper, stainless steel, brass - which has high corrosion resistance, high melting point and strength. The catch may be that it will not be easy to find washers made of any metal.
My alternative to washers: cut out a polygon from a sheet of metal (metal and thickness of your choice). For example, a hexagon (I assume that a hexagon will be quite enough). The number of polygons will depend on the degree of your laziness, because you have to cut it yourself.
Then drill a hole in the center. You will get a low-poly analogue of a washer. Using a hand-held power tool (drill, dremel), there should be no problems with making. I hope LoyceV will approve my proposal with an idea
old-fashioned DIY woodworking metall.
Form example. Just need to add a round hole in the center.
Advantages: The ability to customize for any size of the "washer", holes (can choose a bolt with a smaller diameter), and most importantly, ample opportunities with the choice of metal (can even make it from gold
).
Disadvantages: The need for power tools and the skills to use them. You can compensate for all this by "outsourcing" the production.
Few days ago I saw in my local shop they are selling cheap engraving tool that works on Li-ion batteries and it comes with several templates made from letters, numbers and shapes.
Using an engraver is also an effective idea. Then don't need a jig at all (instead of stamps), but you can use my little project as a stencil for drawing letters evenly. First, you can draw the letters with a marker (do exactly the same as in my 1st post in this thread), and then just go over the inscription with an engraver.
This can easily be used to make custom metal backup for bitcoin, but templates and tip is bigger than washers, so I would need to buy bigger washers, or use metal plates.
You can make your own template out of cardboard or plywood with the right size for pucks, for example. Also, look at well-known chinese stores, where you can find smaller tips.
Engraving tool I saw works on all surfaces like wood, plastic, stone and metal, nut I am not sure how it will work on stainless steel yet.
Here is one video of one similar tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_tq8ixXmLMI'm sure it will work the same way. After all, that's what he was made for.