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2nd October 2013, 12:06 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Fraction marking punch sets - do these exist?
I am trying to track down a fraction punch set for marking sizes on a collet holder for my imperial gear. I have a standard letter and number punch, but I cannot find a set that transfers fractions such as 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 etc. I know I could use the number punch and the "/" but it will be a bit large and out of scale compared to a "fraction punch". I figure I am searching for the wrong terms and hence not turning them up.. ideas/links?
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2nd October 2013, 12:43 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks Gene, but unfortunately I am not seeing where on that page I would find the stamps I mentioned. They have customized stamps, but not sets that stamp fractions from what I can see. Ideally I would not want to go down the road of having something custom made, as it is not economical. I figured these fractional sets must be out there and common in the US?
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2nd October 2013, 02:22 PM #4.
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What about these? (right at the bottom of that page) - not cheap though.
steel stamps - Marking Tools - symbol stamps and fraction set
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2nd October 2013, 07:08 PM #5
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2nd October 2013, 09:17 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Yeah, not cheap and no idea about postage. I was hoping they would be a similar price to the letter/number sets out there. I also need more than the 8 fractions. It was for marking out an ER20 collet holder. My imperial set is 11 collets. So unfortunately no dice.
Any other leads?
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2nd October 2013, 09:34 PM #7.
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2nd October 2013, 10:10 PM #8
What about modifying a small cold chisel?
Dress the edge to a small radius and round off the ends. Cheaper than chips and readily available. I think from memory the chisel was about 8 or 10mm long.
I do a bit of stamping on rated pressure vessel info plates and did this for the slash things between the day/month/year thingy.Used a linisher belt on mine,but it could be managed with a Dremel tool ,I should think.
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2nd October 2013, 10:13 PM #9
Collet holder? As in using a different holder for each collet or just a holder for storage?
Be cheaper to buy metric collets and mark them.
I have a Brother labeller. I did a bit of research before buying it. The brother labels are the longest lasting according to my research. We also use one at work and I can say that even in the open it is remarkable how long the lables last. You can also get them in a huge range of fashion colours. Black on metallic gold anyone. I only have black on white in 18mm and 24mm. They are a big part of my shed arranging. On the weekend I labelled my plastic jerry cans so I knew what is kept in them and SWMBO did as well. One had an uneven surface all over. I stuck some thin metal sheet on with silastic for the lable. Same with the shelf of 36 cutoff 5 litre blue ploy plastic containers that will be used to store all manner of things currently stored in rusty milo tins etc. Got a heap of 20 litre blue poly containers to do the same thing to. Probably cut them in half.
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3rd October 2013, 02:48 AM #12Intermediate Member
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An example from the catalog.
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3rd October 2013, 01:07 PM #14SENIOR MEMBER
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"Collet holder" is just another way of saying a rack to place my collets. The photo below depicts my "collet holder". The 3 digit stamp variety is out of the question as it appears that a single 3 digit stamp (not replaceable face) will set me back $38.74 + $93.71 in shipping (for 1). Given I need 11, the shipping jumps to @$237 with the grand total being $663.31. Wow!
Looks like the only real option here is to make the "/" and use a smaller set of 0-9. I will have to be darn careful stamping however..
Here is the one I have partially completed (fractions to be on the right):
collet_holder.jpg
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Yep - that's what I thought you meant
The 3 digit stamp variety is out of the question as it appears that a single 3 digit stamp (not replaceable face) will set me back $38.74 + $93.71 in shipping (for 1). Given I need 11, the shipping jumps to @$237 with the grand total being $663.31. Wow!
Looks like the only real option here is to make the "/" and use a smaller set of 0-9. I will have to be darn careful stamping however..
It also means if you rearrange your holder you can easily re-label.
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