Subject: Letter Patterns

From: "Douglas P. Terrell" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 12:15:13 -0500

Folks,

I have a couple of questions:

1) What is the address for the FAQ?

2) Where could a person find letter patterns, I'm wanting to cast
replica builders plates for a train locomotive and I need the basic
letters for the patterns.

Doug Terrell

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From: [email-masked] (Lawrence W. Allison)
Date: 24 Jul 1996 00:53:59 GMT

>letters for the patterns.

Doug, I have purchased plastic letters from Scott Plastics Co. Double-
sided scotch tape to pattern quick easy and inexpensive.

Scott Plastics Co
P.O. Box 1047
Tallevast, FL  34270

(813) 355-5171

By the way the letters already have the correct draft and cast well.

				Regards, Larry

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From: [email-masked] (James Kirkpatrick)
Date: 24 Jul 96 08:16:01 MDT

In article <[email-masked]>, "Douglas P. Terrell" <[email-masked]> writes:
|>Folks,
|>
|>I have a couple of questions:
|>
|>1) What is the address for the FAQ?

Anonymous ftp to plains.uwyo.edu in the metal directory.  Or, indirectly via
http://plains.uwyo.edu/~metal

Jim

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From: [email-masked] (James Wilkins)
Date: 24 Jul 1996 16:39:13 GMT

> letters for the patterns.

For 2D letters, check out dry transfer rub-ons, PC board decals, or
Macintosh fonts.  I'm not sure if bare rub-on letters will work as an etch
resist but you could trace over them with a laundry marker.  

Sign or gravestone makers might be able to generate 3D raised lettering.

If not, maybe the rubber stencil for gravestone lettering could be put on
backwards before sandblasting the letters, and you could mold a negative
impression and then file off the rough top of the lettering.