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What Are Low Stress Stamps and When Do You Need Them?
A low-stress stamp marks a metal part without leaving a sharp notch behind. The characters are rounded or built from dots, so the impression has a soft bottom instead of a V.
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How Do You Safely Hand Stamp Compressed Gas Cylinders?
Amy Bruecks of City Carbonic Sales & Service in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, had a safety problem that most cylinder requalification shops recognize. The...
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Custom Hand Stamps: How Makers Put a Permanent Mark on Their Work
Joe Gentile is a guy with an interesting hobby; he makes custom iron accessories for his friends and neighbors. When someone he knows needs a new...
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How to Make a Touchmark: A Step-by-Step Guide for Makers
A touchmark is the mark that signs your work and adding it is often one of the last steps in the creation process, so it must be done right. Steel...
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How Anahola Granola Keeps Its Old Markem Date Coder Running
Anahola Granola has been baking granola on Kauai since 1986. Every resealable bag that leaves their Hanapepe facility carries a date code, printed by...
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Marks That Outlast the Jeweler: Custom Hand Stamps for John T. Haynes Inc.
When a ring leaves the bench at John T. Haynes Inc., it carries three marks: the maker's hallmark, the metal quality stamp, and a unique identifier...
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How Hume Marks Metal, Wood, and Plastic With One Custom Hand Stamp
A custom metal hand stamp presses a permanent mark into metal, wood, or plastic using a steel die cut to your exact design. The mark stays crisp and...
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How Custom Stamping Dies Mark Curved Parts In A Single Stroke
O'Brien Consolidated Industries marks three pieces of information at once on every flat hex handle hand punch it ships: "Made in USA," the OCI logo,...
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How do alternative inkjet fluids cut costs without hurting product codes?
Plant managers running high-volume marking lines face a recurring cost they never chose: OEM inkjet fluids priced well above what the ink is worth....
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Steel Type and Holders for Industrial Part Identification
A university key shop can hold thousands of padlocks, lock cylinders, and keys that look nearly identical. Lose track of which key fits which...