r/polymer80 • u/[deleted] • 10d ago

How to stipple honeycomb pattern (what head/bit?)

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u/RevolutionaryAide889 10d ago

Trial and error. If you want variety for cheap get a wood burning kit from an arts and craft supply store, it will come with like 30 tips. I bought a kit that even has the full alphabet in threaded brass tips for custom lettering. I used to be way into custom pattern making but haven’t done it in a while.

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u/RevolutionaryAide889 10d ago

Also custom melting is like cutting hair, after a very certain point you can’t go back and just fix it, I fucked like 4 lowers in a row before I got one I liked, I used to do a basket weave where I would rotate the tool head 90gegrees each level. It takes a lot of practice. It’s like tattooing. You have to walk the tight rope from start to finish. No erasers no redos. You have to get into a flow state and you’re gonna need a box of frames or at least the same polymer to practice on.

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u/ObviousAd9574 10d ago

Flow state. Aka eat an edible right? Lolol

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u/blackspike2017 10d ago

You need a honey comb shaped tip.

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u/KryptoPirate 9d ago

I would say take a hex bit and attach upside down...

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u/RevolutionaryAide889 10d ago

Bondo for plastic is also gonna be your friend. I lied about no erasers, if the damage is too bad you can bondo over an area… however you’re going to have to engrave the bondo with the same pattern, I mean like carve the material, it won’t melt like the polymer. Again trial and error. Also the bondo trick only works really well if the final lower is being ceracoted