2021 POTD Thread Archive

tonydi said:
I bought a set of letter/number punches and the first thing I labeled looked like my 4 yr old granddaughter did it. The letters weren't aligned or spaced very well (but I managed to avoid making any letters backwards). So that definitely wasn't going to cut it and I decided I needed a way to hold the punches and maintain the line and proper spacing.

Dug around for something to make the holder with and decided that some 80/20 I had would be perfect. Some brass rod and some studs borrowed from my mill tooling and viola!

Pro-tip: When you mark the punches so you know which direction they face, double check that you didn't screw up!
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That is really awesome. Going to have to make one of them!
 
tonydi said:
I bought a set of letter/number punches and the first thing I labeled looked like my 4 yr old granddaughter did it. The letters weren't aligned or spaced very well (but I managed to avoid making any letters backwards). So that definitely wasn't going to cut it and I decided I needed a way to hold the punches and maintain the line and proper spacing.

Dug around for something to make the holder with and decided that some 80/20 I had would be perfect. Some brass rod and some studs borrowed from my mill tooling and viola!

Pro-tip: When you mark the punches so you know which direction they face, double check that you didn't screw up!

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man I thought about that like a year ago but whoever makes it first gets the credit, mass produce those might make the big bucks
 
tonydi said:
I bought a set of letter/number punches and the first thing I labeled looked like my 4 yr old granddaughter did it. The letters weren't aligned or spaced very well (but I managed to avoid making any letters backwards). So that definitely wasn't going to cut it and I decided I needed a way to hold the punches and maintain the line and proper spacing.

Dug around for something to make the holder with and decided that some 80/20 I had would be perfect. Some brass rod and some studs borrowed from my mill tooling and viola!

Pro-tip: When you mark the punches so you know which direction they face, double check that you didn't screw up!

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That is such a cool jig you’ve come up with and a great use of 80/20 scrap(which I have). On another forum this conundrum was discussed about the spacing and orientation. Some of the old timers said the expensive old American made stamps were more uniform and therefore easier to line up but none in that discussion was the guy who did that kind of work for a living. What did you find out about flipping the S? Did it end up lining up? Some were discussing grinding the offending letters to get them to line up but I don’t remember anybody coming up with as nice of a solution for lining them up and holding them as your jig.
 
tonydi said:
I bought a set of letter/number punches and the first thing I labeled looked like my 4 yr old granddaughter did it. The letters weren't aligned or spaced very well (but I managed to avoid making any letters backwards). So that definitely wasn't going to cut it and I decided I needed a way to hold the punches and maintain the line and proper spacing.

Dug around for something to make the holder with and decided that some 80/20 I had would be perfect. Some brass rod and some studs borrowed from my mill tooling and viola!

Pro-tip: When you mark the punches so you know which direction they face, double check that you didn't screw up!

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Nice Holder.
I was thinking of something similar but was also thinking I might make up some Punch Blanks slightly Shorter as Spacers to fill in the entire slot and help keep things tight together and allow for spaces between characters when needed.

Put in the Character needed - Whack it with the Hammer
Pull it out put in a short spacer then the next character....
And so on.

I wonder if the holder could be #D Printed ? ? ?
 
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Jim F said:
www.pannier.com

Hand-Held Type and Stamp Holders for Safe and Easy Marking

Type and stamp holders for fast, mistake-proof marking of metal, wood, and plastic products. Single or multi-characters built for industrial applications.
www.pannier.com www.pannier.com


www.mcmaster.com

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.
www.mcmaster.com www.mcmaster.com
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Those are cool but one place tonydi‘s design just wins hands down is price. Did you get a load of those multi holders? $70 for a single and around $300+ for the others! Wow! Unless one comes up used somewhere homey ain’t going to be getting one any time soon. The thing I wonder about with the multi holders is how it comes out. You would need to really whack it because it would be spreading the effective psi out depending on how many letter/numbers you have loaded.
 
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