Using Alphabet Stamps

[ReneeCanady]

LOL Bob, I agree. I pretty much do the same by finding the center and starting there. The "i" is a pita. Especially for my last as I showed previously. Indianapolis was my last messed up word. 3 of those suckers in there. Thankfully I was able to use the "1" from my number set as a place holder.

[BDAZ]

"Thankfully I was able to use the "1" from my number set as a place holder"

OK! That got me thinking. Of course it's not a problem with horizontal names or words BUT it's the vertical ones... Maybe I'll try using any letter as a spacer and then leaving the I for last and centering it between the other two letters or do it manually with a mallet.. I use the ram foot which pretty much covers the I but I may cut down a standard handle to an inch or so for the &^%$# I.

Hopefully I'll never have a commission with skiing or Hawaii on it! Maybe I'll charge extra to cover the remakes on names with I on them.

Cya!

Bob

Update: I used another letter as a marker, created the name without the I then pounded it in manually and Voila! Perfect! Time consuming.

Most of my work is with the Celtic alphabet, no longer in production so an extra letter wont help.

Edited February 13, 2014 by BDAZ

[JLSleather]

If you use those things, you might check with the Tandy store where you are. The one up this way keeps "extra" single letters - you can purchase like an extra "I" or a 7.

I don't like those stamps (though I do own some somewhere), but the Tandy girl is worth making a trip down that way occasionally...

[Tree Reaper]

I was able to use the "1" from my number set as a place holder.

When I use the fence it allows me to mark the edge of the letter on it with a pencil, the next letter gets placed against the pencil mark.

[papaw]

Electrathon that was some very interesting info. that Iknow will help me and others starting out.

[JoeSnuffie]

I made this a couple days ago. It's a letter stamp jig and could probably be modified to work with most stamps. It's working great for me. Since the materials are cheap and easy to drill, someone with more talent than I have could probably make jigs for letters on a curve or in a circle.

[Tree Reaper]

Joe;

I've been working on a prototype that would allow you to use the "I" in your words.

It's just a 1/2 inch groove with a 5/8 counter bore that will accommodate 7-8 letters.

I put it in the shop press and give it 1/2 ton worth of pressure.

Kevin.

[JoeSnuffie]

Kevin, I really like that. I'll have to give that a try, too.

[Tree Reaper]

It can be made fairly quickly, I think this wooden one I made took about twenty minutes on the router table.

If I was using it a lot I would have one machined out of metal but with the wood I can make a strip three feet long and just cut a new one if I needed it.

Here's an end view ...

[veedub3]

It can be made fairly quickly, I think this wooden one I made took about twenty minutes on the router table.

If I was using it a lot I would have one machined out of metal but with the wood I can make a strip three feet long and just cut a new one if I needed it.

Here's an end view ...

Great idea. I have been meaning to sit down to come up with a way to do this but just haven't found the time. I think this will make it super easy. I can put this on the router table and have it knocked out in minutes.

Thanks for sharing,

Karina