Marking tools for easy readability

Posted by Robert Green on November 4, 2009, 3:59 pm

> > Any hints, clues, tips, suggestions?

> I've had fair luck with "Brother p-Touch". It makes a labeling tape

similar

> to a Dymo but very, very thin - it's a thermal printer rather than an
> embosser. It's advertised purpose is to label file folders and the like. I
> would think the label's thinness would make it less vulnerable to being
> knocked loose in the tool box.

I've got a RhinoPro 3000, a P-touch and a Casio label machine. So far, the
RhinoPro's super-expensive stuff sticks the best, but that's not saying
much. After a while, they start to lift and curl up.

> Here's an example, although cheaper models are available.
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JVHH9W

Thanks. I think I will email all three companies that make the label-makers
I own and see what they have to say. I think if I find a label tape with a
sticky enough adhesive, the problem will be solved. At lunch, a buddy
suggested getting labels that are actually heat shrink tubing. Not sure if
it will work on the socket wrench but it may be worth a shot.

Thanks for your input,

--
Bobby G.

Posted by Roger Shoaf on November 3, 2009, 5:29 pm

You might want to try a paint crayon. Here you smush the paint into the
engraved markings to improve the contrast. As a locksmith we used these on
safe dials.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

> As I get older, even with new glasses, I find it harder and harder to see
> things like the engraved markings on socket wrenches. Has anyone found a
> way to mark these things so that they can be read in dim light by old
> fogeys? I tried various kinds of Dymo labels, but they peeled off in

short

> order. I had a little better success using Sharpies and then painting

over

> the lettering with clear nail polish.
> Any hints, clues, tips, suggestions?
> --
> Bobby G.

Posted by Robert Green on November 4, 2009, 4:10 pm

> You might want to try a paint crayon. Here you smush the paint into the
> engraved markings to improve the contrast. As a locksmith we used these

> safe dials.

That's an idea, but part of the problem is the engraved numbers themselves
are pretty small. It's about a 10pt so making the existing markings
readable probably won't help as much labeling or hand lettering new
markings.

I'll be sure to remember we've got a locksmith here when a lock question
arises! Actually, I do have one: I've always carried something called an
"Ilco Unican Keycard Pat pending 82511A/88 1" which is a like a thick
plastic credit card that has a copy of my car key that snaps in the middle.
My new car had an "immobilizer" and has a chip in the key head that the
ignition reads and then allows the car to start. The key head is very thick
and won't fit into a wallet very well. Is there are way around this? Do
they make "wallet" key card for RF enabled ignition keys?

Thanks for your help,

--
Bobby G.

Posted by charlie on November 4, 2009, 4:35 pm

> I'll be sure to remember we've got a locksmith here when a lock question
> arises! Actually, I do have one: I've always carried something called
> an
> "Ilco Unican Keycard Pat pending 82511A/88 1" which is a like a thick
> plastic credit card that has a copy of my car key that snaps in the
> middle.
> My new car had an "immobilizer" and has a chip in the key head that the
> ignition reads and then allows the car to start. The key head is very
> thick
> and won't fit into a wallet very well. Is there are way around this? Do
> they make "wallet" key card for RF enabled ignition keys?
> Thanks for your help,
> --
> Bobby G.

those are not for starting/driving. they are for opening the door when you
lock yourself out of the car.

Posted by Robert Green on November 4, 2009, 9:49 pm

> > I'll be sure to remember we've got a locksmith here when a lock question
> > arises! Actually, I do have one: I've always carried something called
> > an
> > "Ilco Unican Keycard Pat pending 82511A/88 1" which is a like a thick
> > plastic credit card that has a copy of my car key that snaps in the
> > middle.
> > My new car had an "immobilizer" and has a chip in the key head that the
> > ignition reads and then allows the car to start. The key head is very
> > thick
> > and won't fit into a wallet very well. Is there are way around this?

> > they make "wallet" key card for RF enabled ignition keys?
> > Thanks for your help,
> > --
> > Bobby G.

> those are not for starting/driving. they are for opening the door when you
> lock yourself out of the car.

Well, my old wallet key starts and runs my 1990 car! I guess I could hide a
spare RF enabled key inside the car somewhere and use the wallet version to
let me in to get it. Not ideal, but probably workable. In fact, I had the
car broken into and the steering column popped but without the RF key, all
it did was grind up the starter motor, so I have a spare key I could cut
down like the Ilco key and carry that with me. Now to figure out where to
get a cheap key dupe for a Chrysler. The last I checked they wanted an
obscene amount of money. Any suggestions as we wonder far, far away from
the thread topic?

--
Bobby G.

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