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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:17:33 -0500
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- From: "Wile E. Coyote" <BBHULSEY@LIFE.UAMS.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Makers name-stamps
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- Greetings!
-
- >In article <1993Jan21.015429.19440@cc.uow.edu.au> pdunster@cc.uow.edu.au (peter
- >dunster) writes:
- >
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- >linus.mitre.org!linus!think.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!sol.deak
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- > From: pdunster@cc.uow.edu.au (peter dunster)
- > Keywords: name-stamps
- > Organization: University Of Wollongong
- > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 01:54:29 GMT
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- >
- > Due to the shortage of complex moulding planes here "down under" I have
- > taken to making my own, after all, didn't all 18th century apprentices
- > have to make their own tools?! So far all has gone well and I am building
- > up a set of planes modelled on their 18th and 19th century counterparts,
- >with
- > one small omission....no makers stamp!
- >
- > All Planemakers and Cabinetmakers of the last two centuries had a metal
- >stamp
- > with their name on it to stamp into the end-grain of the planes to show that
- > they made and/or owned the tool. Today I cannot find anyone who could make
- > such a thing (without paying $x00's)!
- >
- > So, he asks coyly, does anyone "up there" know of anyone who can make a
- > rubber stamp out of metal, without charging like a wounded bull!
- >
- > Many thanks for reading my plea
- >
- > Cheers
- > Pete
- >
- > pdunster@cc.uow.edu.au
- >Don't know what you think is $x00, but most of the catalog tool
- >suppliers have that item. Woodworker's Supply charges $33 or $ 49 for
- >their branding irons ($49 is electric). Two lines of type , you tell
- >'em what you want and wait 6 weeks. I'm pretty sure you can get better
- >prices. Check the ads in woodworking mags.
-
- Woodcraft has comparable prices to this, maybe a few bux off one way or the
- other. I don't have the catalog with me right now, but I'd be happy to check
- the price. Drop me a line if you're interested.
-
- .......
- : o/ : Bruce Hulsey
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