toxo Report post Posted April 19 This is about brass letters for hot foiling but the premise could also apply top many things. I wanted to do hot foiling so bought an alphabet set that included multiples of the most used letters. OK except that many names have multiple of the same letter and the set I bought didn't have enough. This set is what's known as "T"slot meaning they can be slotted together in a brass holder to form a name for example I wanted to put my phone number on the dog collars that I'm currently making but it has three "9"s in it and my set only has two. I saw some letters on Ebay and bought them but they turned out to be non T slot so didn't gel with the set I already had. Next I got back to the people on Ali Express where I bought my foil machine and bought another set of 8mm letters believing that they were measured from the shoulders so now have a set of 8mm letters that also don't gel with my 6mm set. Finally went back to the same people and bit the bullet and bought another set of 6mm letters. After waiting for ages this set, although they are 6mm, they don't match with the set that I already have. They don't even fit in the holder. So unless I do some shaping on this latest set I still can't do all the names I wanted to do. The moral of this story is, if you want to get into hot foiling, be sure to buy at least two sets of letters from the same seller at the same time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
