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Robert wrote: "I just rescued a 6340 (with debossing dies) from the scrap heap and would like to start producing dog tags." Not all 6300 series debossers can...
Hello Keith (and rest of list)- Well you asked for it, so know you are getting it... The long version of the story. A few years ago I was at a memorial...
Sounds good to me. Tell your wife that you can make a good profit either by selling the machine or by using it. I don't know how much the finder's fee was, ...
Since you have your museum stock that you can look at, can you let me know a couple of things? 1) On a G1, 6200 and 6400, do the machines break down for...
Cool, thanks for the info. It looks like the G1 will go into the back seat of a full-sized car with no problems, so I can use my smaller (and lighter) trailer...
I just picked up a graphotype. I drove all day to get it but I'm glad I did. I am hoping to use it for a project for my wife and kids to maybe make some extra...
The blank key is exactally that it is a blank key. It is used to insert a space or to flattened a mistake and restamp a mistake. The blank key does not work...
Can the tag flattener be removed? ... by the tag flattener located on the right hand side. ... remove a finger before you have time to think. ... This machine...
I believe it is the one with the wheels on it. Kobie ... From: Keith To: Graphotype_Machines@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 2:29 PM Subject:...
Yes it can be removed The 6380 abd 6381 are the same casting but the debossers use a tag flattener and the embossers do not. debossing tends to curl the tags. ...
Since he won't really have a curl problem with dog tags as compared to the address tags the machine was originally designed to do, and since the thing is a...
Yes it was the one in Idaho. It was about 400 miles from where I live and it seems like all the others that I looked at were very far away and quite a bit more...
So is it not needed to flatten the tags? Groups <groups@...> wrote:Yes it can be removed The 6380 abd 6381 are the same casting but the debossers use...
yes they are both used for dog tags, your customers may not notice the difference. Your machine is a debosser, (original dog tags), it stamps the letters down...
Thanks for all the great comments and help in this group. It has helped alot. I just noticed something on the dogtags I've been making. I compared it to one I...
Yes indeed there are adjustments on the machine. They are hard to describe in the email. You can decrease the stamping pressure You will have to live with the...
Shane- You need to look at the numbers on the punches and dies. The military used font 28, mine has font 61. I do not know how many others are out there... ...
There is a whole list of punches and dies that give different fonts. Tag Tech ... From: Robert Buettner To: Graphotype_Machines@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
If you look at the drum, the bottom half of each die has a number (all of the dies should have the same number). This is the typeface. Which typeface do you...
I don't suppose that there is a list somewhere which shows them. BTW, the military used a number of difference fonts, not just 28. I have just picked up a...
Yes there is a list. Yes the military used what ever font the company had on hand and put in. There was NO specification on the font. The only specification...
... I've seen some brass ones from USAAF vets. ... rigors or war and time. Yes, and I think the Graphotype has done that beyond all expectation. ... machines...
Okay, who have you bought tag blanks, chains, special placards, etc from and had GOOD experiences? This is ONLY for reports on good vendors. There is another...
Hello all in the group. I take great exception to this thread. I REFUSE to publicly bash, critique, praise or promote any vendors, suppliers, etc. - marginal,...
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