Letters for casting patterns?

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Rob.Wilson:
Hi Steve

Look for Nobo Letters ,,,,,,, sold buy stationers ,,,,,,,,,,,, the thy that banks /offices use to make signs

http://www.mayfairstationers.co.uk/nobo-grooved-board-characters-p-8928.html

Also look out for personal desk signs .

Rob

polecat:
a bit late i know but try trade-letters.com and ask for nancy she'll fix you up that's where we buy our cut out letters very good prices
polecat

Pete W.:
Hi there, Rob,

That's a very smart-looking casting. :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

But I'm intrigued - how did you mould it?

Years (and years) ago, I remember seeing a machine on some railway station platforms. You put in a coin and then turned a big brass pointer to your chosen letter, then pulled the lever on the side. That impressed the chosen letter on to a strip of aluminium, about 20 SWG. Then you repeated for more letters until your session was complete or until your money ran out. Then you pulled another lever and the strip of aluminium was delivered via a chute. Each end was a nice semicircle with a pin-hole for attachment. I'm sure some pattern makers had the same machine (presumably not coin operated) because I've seen castings with part numbers moulded on them closely resembling those aluminium labels.

dsquire:

--- Quote from: vtsteam on June 20, 2013, 10:16:37 PM ---I've added relief lettering to a few casting patterns with a Dymo label maker -- you know the ones that punch out an adhesive backed plastic strip? But that is pretty limited.

I have also printed and cut out cardboard letters and glued them and lacquered them to patterns -- very tedious, but at least you have a range of sizes and typestyles. Though tough to cut some shapes with an X-acto. B's are particularly difficult. The smaller the letter, the worse it is. I would like to do letters in the 1/4" to 1" size range size range

Does anybody else have an easier solution for adding relief letters to patterns?

Thanks!

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Steve

Just out of curiosity I googled "Letters for casting patterns?" and got a whole assortment of types, styles, sizes and materials to choose from. Have a look and see if there is something there that might be what you are looking for. :D :D

Cheers :beer:

Don

vtsteam:
Thanks all -- most of the letters sources listed so far are not available in the US, unfortunately. We don't seem to have the same train and bank supplies here!

DSquire -- Thanks! I must have been using the wrong search terms, because yours did indeed turn up more possibilities. I hadn't specifically searched for casting -- so maybe that was the problem.

But true casting pattern letters brings its own problems. Unfortunately Mifco wants $197 for 125 letters, :jaw: and Budget Casting Supplies wants $1.67/ letter or $40 for a full alphabet and only carries 1/2".

Contrast this with the UK model train plastic full alphabets available for 6 pounds or so. available in many small sizes.

I did find one interesting reference to having letters made up by rubber stamp makers, here:

http://www.artmetal.com/files/imported/project/TOC/proces/cast/letters.html

But still would like to find a source for inexpensive plastic letter alphabets in small sizes, or some additional methods for making them.

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