[Jewelry making - Article 00341] - Re: [Orchid] Stamping letters into a silver - army Dog tag

[Dinah Taylor]

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    Hi Judy, I had a terrible time with this at first.  I tried
    everything to line up the letters so that they weren't skewed on the
    little disk tags I attach to necklaces and bracelets.  I tried
    marking a line and setting it as closely as possible, but because the
    stamps all vary in where the letters/numbers are on the end, it never
    looked 'clean', always a bit too artistic. :o) 

    I had four Sterling cuffs to make recently for awards and had them
    professionally engraved.  So much for the stamps.  Then I was
    holding down the flat stock on my anvil (iron RR track), with duct
    tape.  I had taped the surface of the anvil, then held the pieces
    down with the tape while I stamped in my marks on the inside. 

    Quite by accident, I found that by lining up the upper edge of the
    stamp on the edge of the tape, it looked really pretty good.  no more
    uneven letters--So, when I came to marking the front of the piece, I
    taped it horizontally and vertically on top of the tape (to protect
    the undersides), and then used more tape to 'line up' the letters. 
    It really worked quite well, and didn't have such a 'rustic' look
    about it. LOL 

    I'm sure with more practice, and using a better light so that I can
    'see' where the letters are falling, it will be much better.  I had
    initially tried stamping on a hardwood board, but the anvil makes a
    much more consistent mark. 

Hope this helps.
Cheerfully, Dinah.


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