I want to keep one set and sell others, so here's my question: what size set to keep. My own needs would be to stamp things like "PROPERTY OF IGNORAMUS18807" or "ON/OFF" etc.
I think that a sensible approach would be to keep one 3/16" Hanson set for big letters like ON/OFF, 220V, etc, and one little 1/16" set for longer words like PROPERTY etc.
Are there some considerations that I missed? Is there ever any reason for a home-moaner like myself to need big 3/8" or bigger letters?
Besides everything else (several reverse kits or much smaller or larger kits), I have two matching 3/16" digit and letter sets. Digit 2 has a slight chip, but would stamp very well. I put up some pictures. I am listing them on ebay too, but if you make a fair offer, I will take it. 8.10 flat rate priority mail shipping, regardless of quantity, or free local pickup.
Perhaps for marking wooden handles on hoes and the like?
Out of curiosity -- what size are the (presumably) number stamps in the round wooden case? Also the set in the frosted plastic baggie right next to them?
I've got a set of really tiny letter stamps, but no matching number stamps. These are 1/32" stamps -- found at a "Patina" old tools sale and auction. They even include the '&' in addition to the '.' -- but no numbers. As such -- if these are 1/32" number stamps in the cylindrical container, I would be interested in purchasing them.
Patina is a local (Washington D.C. area) gathering of old tools collectors, and there is an intersting overlap between that and those of us who actually *use* the tools instead of collect them. I've gotten other useful thing there too, including an olt Starrett changeable-anvil micrometer set, with standards, which covers the 8" to 12" range. (I already had a nice B&S set of individual mics which covered the 0-6" range, so this forced me to go looking for a 6-7" and a 7-8" to fill in the set.
FWIW -- my other two letter/number stamp sets (obtained over a period of *many* years) are 1/8" and 1/16" -- and I get a *lot* more use out of the 1/16", with occasional needs for even smaller, hence my 1/32" set above. I just wish that I could find the matching numbers.
That really large number set is unusual in one way in my experience. It actually has a separate '6' and '9', instead of just expecting you to turn the stamp over to get the other. :-) (Though it looks as though the set in the back right-hand corner is also a ten-stamp set. The rest are nine-stamp sets -- usually arranged 3x3, though I see one which is a 2x2-1-2x2 arrangement.
Keep them all, they don't take much room. I've found uses for all sizes over the years. The big guys (3/8") I just used to mark the legs on an old table and their respective attachments so I could get them back together in the right order. Only one setup gives a level table that doesn't rock, so once I got it I didn't want to have to go through the testing again. 3/8" is big enough that it's easily seen against the dark stained wood.
Well, I definitely have no use for reversed sets, those I will sell for sure. I realized this morning that the small sets could be useful in making dog tags for my children (like when taking them to where they can get lost, a dog tag would be useful), etc. I may take a couple of items off ebay because of it. I have some redundant sets also, so I would get rid of these, but yes, you are right in general, this good stuff is hard to find if/when I need it. I am sure I do not need 3/8" sets, though.
Well, I definitely have no use for reversed sets, those I will sell for sure. I realized this morning that the small sets could be useful in making dog tags for my children (like when taking them to where they can get lost, a dog tag would be useful), etc. I may take a couple of items off ebay because of it. I have some redundant sets also, so I would get rid of these, but yes, you are right in general, this good stuff is hard to find if/when I need it. I am sure I do not need 3/8" sets, though.
If you have a 1/8" or so reversed set I'd love to buy it from you.
Gun shows around here often have a guy who will make up dogtags on the spot with whatever you want. I can let you know when I'm going to a show where he's usually at and pick some up for you with whatever you want, or get you his contact info.
Hmm ... sort of half-way -- but those might still be close enough for my needs. There is something to be said for having digits easy to distinguish from letters when you get to the "O/0" pair especially.
That might be close enough -- if you are willing to sell them.
My e-mail address in the headers is valid -- and as long as you don't send attachments or lots of HTML, it should get through to me. (Large files -- over 30K get bounced before I ever see them, which keeps the nuisance virus files out of my Mailbox. :-) (And no -- I would not expect HTML in e-mail from you.)
[ ... ]
Usually -- you need smaller letters than you think at first. Try some samples on a piece of scrap panel and see how they look to you. Try rubbing a contrasting child's crayon into the stamps and then heating with a hot-air gun to get them to flow to fill the grooves nicely for good contrast.
Sure they do -- the letter sets have the 'I' which you can turn
90 degrees and use as an "underscore" '_' to avoid the problems with filenames with spaces in them. :-) (BTW, I understand that Microsoft has determined that for some of their business/enterprise systems they actually *need* a command-line, and that the "spaces in filenames" is just as much of a pain for them as for unix users. :-) In either system, a GUI can make them a lot easier to work with -- but when you need to run shell scripts, you can get serious problems from some of those filenames.
PolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here.
All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.