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4/21/04, 5:44 PM #1

Steve knight
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Steve knight

>Here is one of the few things I have made that was not a plane lately (G) it is a holder for my plane stamps. You have the small ones that are the angles 45, 47,50,55,60 and my main knight Toolworks stamp. Then one homemade one for the date and my expensive one for words. Expensive as in about 300.00. my main stamp was 350.00 with all the letters and numbers I bet I spent atleast 800.00 total. Man that's more then I thought till I added it up.

I had slots for the small ones last time and that kept them from turning. But it made putting them in harder. Now all the extra date numbers are facing up so it is easy to find them. I have a whole set of letters and numbers for the expensive stamp in a case.

This is a block of Guatemalan Rosewood that I got in a trade. It is about 4�x4�x9� long.

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4/21/04, 8:24 PM #2

nhlett
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nhlett

>Very nice Steve.

Two questions:

1. Is your main stamp the same as your logo on your website, the next to each tool offering?

2. How does come accross a block of Rosewood that large?

Peter

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4/21/04, 8:38 PM #3

Ernie Miller
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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Where do you get you stamps made? I want a users stamp so I can mark my planes in the old tradition.

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4/22/04, 3:44 AM #4

Steve knight
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Steve knight

>Right the same logo.

I am pretty sure most of the large wood comes from old railroad ties.

I had some Brazilian rosewood that came from old railroad ties. They had some of the center eaten out by bugs. This has some holes that don�t show.

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4/22/04, 3:55 AM #5

Steve knight
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Steve knight

>tHere is where I got my main stamp http://www.numberall.com/

But at 350.00 it is not cheap. I emailed a bunch of places before one responded. The stamp is for metal but it works fine for wood. It is cut with a laser.

The letter stamps I bought the expensive one and the smaller ones I just had a machinist mill a slot in some steel that fit the numbers and then just cut to width and screwed on side plates.

You could make a holder out of wood with a steel backer plane. Just epoxy the numbers/letters in. the head it �self costs about 60.00 or a bit less. You can get different sizes. www.mscdirect.com has them I think www.use-enco.com has the heads cheaper. Letters I think are about 2.00 each.

If you want a design I would use a woodburner far cheaper to use and buy. Plus it works on non endgrain too.

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