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This is a 3D printed plastic stamp with three interchangeable faces, designed to be kept behind the bar and used to leave helpful messages on the fore...
You wake up slowly. Your head is pounding. Your mouth feels like an old shoe box in which a diseased hedgehog has chosen to hibernate. You are lying, ...
The message, which is printed in reverse so that it is legible in the mirror, reads as follows: Your car keys are at Penfold's Bar Last night starts...
It seemed like a sensible idea at the time. It was a Friday evening. You had nothing better to do. Neither did your colleague. After a few drinks you...
Geniality. Confusion. Remorse. Unconsciousness.
The bartender was not impressed to see you passed out on her bar. She had seen your type too many times before.
The bartender confiscated your car keys before you were awake enough to protest.
From behind the bar, the bartender retrieved a customized stamp and an ink pad. Without waking you, she left a message on your forehead.
Your colleague kindly accepted your offer of an evening stroll back to your house. Fortunately, he knew the way...
You find yourself staring at a message printed on your own forehead. It's part advertisement, part warning label, part public health message. You swea...
I started by designing my three stamps in Autodesk 123D (beta). In case you're unfamiliar with 123D, it's a piece of freely available 3D modelling sof...
Since Autodesk 123D is geared toward fabrication, it lets you assign sizes to whatever you're modelling right from the outset. After some investigativ...
The handle of the stamp was designed to resemble a beer bottle standing on a puddle of spilled beer. The bottle was made using the Revolve tool, which...
After a bit of tinkering, I was left with four 3D models: one stamp handle and three stamp faces. I exported each of these as a different .stl file, ...
I then uploaded the finished files to Ponoko.com, a wonderful website that specializes in 3D printing and laser cutting. As I'm sure I've mentioned be...
About a week later, my finished models arrived in the mail.
The three faces turned out beautifully. All of the raised text was perfectly legible and it was just rough enough to hold ink beautifully when pressed...
Here you can see the tabs on each interchangeable face that slot into the stamp's handle.
I think the foreheads of the inebriated are a large untapped reserve of printing space, whether for useful warning messages or private advertising cam...
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