Oh, of course. I was just saying since it was made overseas, it's metric. Since the rest of the world has pretty much adopted it as a standard and the US is sadly lagging behind, a lot of the parts in hardware stores are still standard and it can be hard to find some metric parts without having to order them and wait. The quality comment was more towards the machine being from Harbor Freight which mostly has cheap imported items that aim for "good enough" over "good quality". The tubing bender is "good enough" for what I used it for, but I still lament a few things about it I wish had better tolerances.

I've actually done some for each house. I believe I have at least 2 videos of Slytherin themed wands.

I was trying to make the parts so they could print without supports, so it's a matter of print orientation. I usually preslice in the design for more control and precision. What I had for the prototype works OK, but I'm changing some things up. :)

Sure, there's tons of inexpensive imports out there with hit and miss quality. But I think you're missing the point on the 3D printing. If you buy a belt roller from anyone, you're stuck with the designs that are available to fit that roller. Most brands only have a few designs (usually sold separately). They are typically mainstream "western" themed and everyone else who has that machine makes the same belts. The whole point of making my own embossing roller was to allow me to print my own designs. Custom metal rollers for the commercial machines can be hundreds to have made. If the design ends up not being popular, you're stuck with it. I can print a design roller for under $5. The parts for my machine may be about the same as the cheap import machines, but the savings is huge for custom design wheels. But I designed the embossing sleeves to be large to better spread out the pressure on the 3D print. They wouldn't work on the belt roller machines out there that use much smaller wheels.

​@@mythimpressions What's the cost of the kit? Interested because it's larger. But in theory you can just spec the 3d file to Ivans and have custom ones as well. The advantage here is that it's large and note potential designs. I'm assuming you include either a spec or stl so we can make our own patterns ?

@@mml3140 The estimate from the machine shop was $250/kit but I'm waiting on an exact quote. I'll be running a Kickstarter based on the quote price and will be including the 2 machined parts as well as the STL files for the blank sleeve to fit the machined drive wheel, feed ramps, and knob to tighten the drive wheel for embossing. So yes, you could have a sleeve custom machined with your design based on the STL instead of 3D printing it. The cost to have it machined would be a lot higher than printing your own, but a machined sleeve from delrin or brass could have a lot more detail than a 3D printed one.

Awesome. If you can shoot me an email, I'll add you to my list of people. It's a bit easier to give everyone updates that way. We only need a few more to commit and I can get going on having the kits made. [email protected]

Just emailed as well 🤞🏻

I haven't tried annealing cuse it seemed like a time consuming process and I wasn't sure if it would affect the final dimensions. But I did consider using resin to reinforce the print or going to a stronger filament if needed. But so far everything has worked great right off the printer with no need to strengthen it.

@@mythimpressions if you are going to use a resin to reinforce the print you should take care to use a very low viscosity resin. XTC-3D is a resin specifically for coating 3D prints while maintaining geometry. I have had success with it.

When I was talking to my friend that has a machine shop, I was explaining what I was trying to build and showed some rough sketches. It was his suggestion it would be cheaper to buy something similar and just have a few parts made to alter it. Turns out the tubing roller was almost exactly what I was showing him and alterations would be minimal. But yeah, if I had a CNC machine of my own it would be awesome and much cheaper to make the parts, but the machine itself would be a bit pricey for me. You can pay for custom machined embossing wheels and stamps, but they are super expensive and the whole point of my project was to make my own designs on the cheap. The 3D printer was about $650 and took a bit of time to learn the programs, but still cheaper than a CNC machine. Also its super versatile, and filament is cheap. My sales are pretty low volume, so this method ends up being much more cost effective for me. But if you already have a CNC machine, you could totally make your own conversion kit as well as the embossing sleeves from more durable materials. Would be cool to see.

@@mythimpressions that is true, I got a CNC because I saw an opportunity for a different business venture, and quickly realized it can be used for my leather working. Another avenue I've seen people use is stamps out of acrylic made with a laser, lasers have come down in price drastically in the past few years so that might be something as well.

Yeah, a laser has been on my list too, but ended up going with the 3D printer first (much cheaper). It was a tough choice. I'm glad I got the printer or I never would have been able to do the wheels, but I still want the laser to do a few complicated cut designs for leather as well as making some other things. But now as I'm starting to need parts as they wear out on my printer, I'm torn between a new 1 (eyeing a Bambu P1S) or a laser from Atomstacks. It never ends...but I'm running out of workshop space...LOL

It's a pretty specific group to appeal to; leather workers who also dabble in 3D printing, but I'm hopeful. So many possibilities in combining the 2 areas!

Fingers crossed!

Definitely interested

Awesome! Glade you're enjoying the vids and thanks so much for the support!

HAHA, Yeah, They are a bit annoying. I planned on reworking them a bit, but royalty free sound effects are tough to find. Hopefully I'll have time over the winter to rework some of the effects. Glad you liked the vid though, thanks for watching!

Sorry, but this one sold several months ago. I only have 2 House colored wands left in stock as of today, but I'll be making more to replace ones that have sold. They'll have the same color scheme, but every one is different in design. Keep an eye out for future vids though since I usually film special editions and post a vid about the same time I post for sale. Or watch the listing: nemesisgear.etsy.com/listing/1418512593/house-colors-magic-wand-special-editions They are pretty high on my "to do" list once I get back in the shop early Nov. Thanks for watching!

Ooof, I imagine hand carving Aspen would be a HUGE pain. Maybe rotary tools would be tolerable, but no way I would try carving blades. I have one more Aspen vid dropping Tuesday, then the next 2 Fridays will be the Ebony. Thanks for watching!

I kinda like the single pommel style myself, but I'll keep the idea in mind. :) Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Such a nice wood to play with, especially since several of the other recent woods proved difficult.

Still got a couple of Aspen vids dropping first while I finish editing the Ebony vids. Saved the best for last, but coming soon. LOL Thanks for watching!

Right!?! Just seemed to be a great foundation for all kinds of projects, not super exciting but decent at several things. Since I don't really use wood stains, I can't speak to how well it works with them so it's good to know. It seemed to have no problem absorbing the ebonizer (even though the reaction was average), so I bet water and alcohol based fluids would work well in general. And while the grain and color were fairly simple, it was a bit more exciting than alder IMO. But since making wands rarely required turning across the grain, I had no idea it was challenging. Another good thing to know. But I can think of a lot of other woods I'd not want to turn into the grain...Katalox, Bloodwood, Tigerwood...so dense. But yeah, Beech is a fun wood. Look forward to playing with it more. Thanks for watching and for the input on the wood!

I could, but I don't really enjoy copying designs. Just my preference to be a wand maker with my own style. :) Thanks for watching!