DiResta: Embossing a Journal

In this episode, Jimmy DiResta shows a simple way to emboss tool designs on the cover of notebooks. View the full post: makezine.com/vi...
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[@DiodePress]

Very cool use of the press, and the notebooks turned out great!

[@jasondalton6111]

Flippin' sweet Jimmy. That turned out so well.

[@Druac]

Digging the ways you are using the cnc.You are a true craftsman.

[@zzchadzz]

You embossed that like a boss!

[@justinprewitt6794]

Great job man! I like those a lot.

[@lukes.5726]

If you don't have a CNC, you can etch copper with a permanent marker and ferric chloride (found at jewelry store). Draw on the copper sheet with the marker, then let it soak. Ferric chloride will eat away what isn't colored.

[@stocktonjoans]

Luke S. would you get a deep and cleen enough etch with ferric chloride?

[@lukes.5726]

You can get a very clean etch, photo quality. They make a photo transfer paper called PNP Paper where you can transfer black and white images on to copper. The ink is a resist and the acids etches the blank spaces. There are two types of solutions you can use: ferric chloride or an easier to get solution - one part muriatic acid (used in pools) and two parts hydrogen peroxide. The depth of the etch depends on the time the copper is left in the solution.

[@vaas7479]

In a dystopian future everything has diresta painted on it somewhere

[@johnwiles4661]

I'm loving the image... There would be no dumps/tips because everything would be recycled. There is black and white cats everywhere.

[@jasondalton6111]

Bands of outlaws roam the abandoned highways turning pallets into practical art pieces. A man's life is worth only what he has left in spray glue and blue tape. It's a desperate time. A lone figure steps from the shadows wielding a white chainsaw. Holding it aloft menacingly he says something at triple speed you can't quite make out, and then produces the most lovely end table out of an old stump. As he walks away, a young girl tugs on her fathers pant leg and says "Who was that man, Daddy?" With a gleam he looks down and replies, "That man, sweetie? That man is Jimmy Diresta."

[@johnwiles4661]

Jason Dalton do you write books? If not you may have missed your calling in life.

[@Dazzer]

Jason Dalton Please write more like this. Story of Jimmy DiResta but in a farfetched and futuristic way!

[@jasondalton6111]

Darius Lee Thanks for the props guys. That would be fun. Spread different snippets around the different videos. On Diresta's main channel though.

[@TheBertjeT]

Finally! I've missed you.....

[@MikeKapotsy]

Nice work Jimmy! I could use one of these presses.

[@lagrottedubarbu]

really nice... want so much to get a shopbot or Xcarve or CNC in my shop right now. Nive video, thanks Jimmy :D

[@XavierAncarno]

Love the sound of paper

[@Ian-Hall]

Jimmy that's mint, I have log splitter which I could use? what pressure is your press?

[@luizcarlosbotelho9593]

Assisto vários vídeos e admiro a sua variedade assuntos. Mas esse vídeo me interessou: Você fabrica e cria muita coisa, a prensa também é da sua oficina? Você está fazendo outros vídeos? Obrigado!

[@sayhellotomychannel]

Another, great video.

[@acekiwi7184]

Cool what engraving software are you using?

[@TabLeft]

Damn you Jimmy! now I have to go buy a big ass hydraulic shop press =) I have a 1 ton arbor press but i'm not sure it would be up to the task, although i will be doing some experiments. Thanks!

[@transcendentape]

TabLeft Workshop if yiou have some metal beams, use leverage to increase the press's effectiveness.

[@1977jmad]

Will those be available as a set in the Diresta store?

[@sydnius]

Direstore™

[@dieselstruck]

I am guessing you made the journals. A video on how to make those journals would be awesome.

[@norm1124]

Very nice. How much preasure is necessary?

[@lollusiva]

Good Job

[@thewavemaker]

Very smart! I like

[@airwolf28]

It would be nice to have them in all schools..

[@davidcornwell9045]

Thanks for this one Jimmy. Now Robert think I can make him journals with his name on them because you can. I'll stick to writing his name on his notebooks with a Sharpie! :-) LOL

[@CysCorner]

Cool!

[@wayn3w]

Well, I can imagine reason alternatives to a CNC machines such as laser cutter or chisels. But what would be a good alternative to a hydrolic press? And leather?

[@SirBrittanicvs]

wayn3w Use a bone folder. It may not be as smooth on larger shapes, but you can get some really nice lines. Just make sure to put a piece of scrap over what you're embossing so you don't leave shiny marks on the surface.

[@littlestworkshop]

wayn3w C-clamps and rubber from an inner tube. If you can't get enough pressure dampen the card a little.

[@aaronr8684]

wayn3w You can get a bottle jack for pretty cheap and make your own press

[@hubbabubba5923]

wayn3w Blue paint and a double edged axe... Oh.... and pine tar

[@wayn3w]

wayn3w Thanks for the great suggestions! And for the not-so-great suggestions... go away! :-)

[@Trompe.te.01]

What do you use for a cnc machine?

[@sirtblairjr]

HeyDiResta😎, I like that. Do youake those to sale,. Because I would like to have some made by you? If so, how much and how can I get some with me name on them? Hit me up sometime? Thank you Sir. Tbj

[@cocopalma3072]

AND HOW DO U GET TH "DRILLER THING" SORRY I DONT KNOW ITS NAME

[@davidhohn6123]

Are those Muji notebooks?

[@Fu86]

Looks like Moji notebooks. Cheap and a pleasure to write on! Love it

[@Uncle_Buzz]

That's BA. Cheers! --Chris.

[@maheshgupta8578]

Good afternoon diresta. Good afternoon Jimmy sir. I am sliding Windows worker from2004 thane and kalwa city ( mumbai ) in my left hand small finger ( - ) degree. In my right hand small finger (? ) degree. Who's my hand degree owner, I don't know. Please help me diresta. Some people fighting with bad taking at work site and the other areas ( like my home area vishnu Nagar digha ). should be note is my oxygen message in my brain. I am Indian. 06june 2018.help me 13:04time.

[@PaulMeyette]

That's cool...

[@Seven97100]

Can the leather also be embossed?

[@TheDutyPaid]

lando kramer yes, but you need heat and pressure.

[@littlestworkshop]

TheDutyPaid You can emboss damp leather as shown. Heat tends to be used to brand.

[@balisticsquirel]

Impress-ive.

[@hubbabubba5923]

You're not thinking of embossing Spike are you?

[@M4ngstergangster]

Genius

[@capcyvasile]

simple things that matter

[@Barrysworkshop]

Nice video, but.... no icepick?

[@coldhardwick]

Careful with that paper axe, Eugene.

[@JosefTD]

Camera?

[@thecubinggamer2191]

First

[@fouroakfarm]

Ya...simple. Step one, have CNC router and hydraulic press...

[@jimmydiresta]

It seems you are being sarcastic but the press was 100 usd from harbor freight. And the CNC parts can be cut out on a scroll saw. Or razor cut cardboard. Don't be a party pooper.

[@Dima.P121]

next time use a male AND a female Emboss... ;)

[@illduitmyself]

please no more CNC stuff. lets see work from your hands. i much enjoy

[@DenisRemont]

заняться не чем ,ерундой страдаешь!

[@solosusscrofa3338]

Would that work on thin aluminum or copper sheet ?

[@jamesshelton9126]

***** Yes, I saw a person use a Carvewright to make the (Positive) pattern then he used a press he got from Harbor freight.