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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, ...
Keith
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Aug 1, 2005
8:45 am
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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...
Keith
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Aug 3, 2005
7:34 pm
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... From: Keith To: Graphotype_Machines@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: [Graphotype_Machines] ATTN: Kobie -- Machine sizes...
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Aug 3, 2005
8:48 pm
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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...
Keith
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Aug 3, 2005
9:08 pm
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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...
Shane Johnson
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Aug 10, 2005
5:32 pm
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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...
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Aug 10, 2005
7:03 pm
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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...
Keith
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Aug 10, 2005
7:27 pm
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Is that the one which was in Idaho? With the wheels attached to it?...
Keith
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Aug 10, 2005
7:29 pm
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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:...
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Aug 10, 2005
11:03 pm
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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. ...
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Aug 10, 2005
11:03 pm
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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...
Keith
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Aug 11, 2005
2:21 am
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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...
Shane Johnson
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Aug 12, 2005
3:55 am
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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...
Shane Johnson
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Aug 12, 2005
3:59 am
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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...
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Aug 12, 2005
1:34 pm
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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...
Shane Johnson
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Aug 14, 2005
6:16 pm
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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...
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Aug 15, 2005
12:49 am
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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... ...
Robert Buettner
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Aug 15, 2005
2:39 am
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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,...
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Aug 15, 2005
3:01 pm
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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...
Keith
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Aug 17, 2005
5:55 am
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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...
Keith
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Aug 17, 2005
5:58 am
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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...
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Aug 17, 2005
12:58 pm
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... 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...
Keith
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Aug 17, 2005
5:17 pm
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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...
Keith
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Aug 20, 2005
10:17 pm
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This thread is to bash vendors who have caused you problems, failed to deliver, overcharged, sent junk, etc....
Keith
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Aug 20, 2005
10:17 pm
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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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Aug 22, 2005
3:30 pm
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Nobody would force you to participate in any thread, of course. However, having been a vendor (in a different field), I always appreciated threads like this....
Keith
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Aug 23, 2005
2:57 pm
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Keith- I think I am going to have to side with Kobie and crew on this one. I alwaysgo back to the saying that the toe you sep on taday might be connected to...
Robert Buettner
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Aug 23, 2005
6:20 pm
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... That depends on the slam. If it was deserved, then they fixed it, they shouldn't have any heartburn. For that matter, if they deserved it, how much worse...
Keith
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Aug 23, 2005
11:15 pm
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I dunno if this is anything that would interest you for the musuem. Ebay item 7542243757...
Keith
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Aug 28, 2005
11:58 pm
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Keith- That's an interesting machine. Speaking of finding things, did you notice the new forum at http://www.graphotype.net ? It looks like it just came back...
Robert Buettner
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Aug 29, 2005
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