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  #11  
Old March 13th 04, 05:02 AM
Diana
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Thanks for the welcome, and the info Pat! I appreciate it. Also, thanks for
your suggestion about outlook express. I'll have my husband check it out,
perhaps he knows. I have checked everything it seems, and still see no
replies to my intro post, but do see all the replies to this thread so I
guess not all is lost
Thanks again
Diana


"Pat Kight" wrote in message
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Diana wrote:
Thanks Alison,
Are you allowed to post swap proposals here, or Comms or Ads?


Yes, all of those are acceptable as long as they're directly stamping
related; advertisements should have "AD" or "COMM" in the subject line
so that those who wish may skip over them.

About the only thing that's outright verboten here (well, other than
random spam) is posting images. You may, however, post links to pictures
of your work if you put them in Webspace somewhere.

Welcome. As Alison notes, this is a pretty quiet newsgroup, and some
weeks it looks like nothing but a bunch of eBay ads, but we do have
interesting conversations when somebody gives us a poke with an
interesting question.

--
Pat Kight




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Old March 13th 04, 05:03 AM
Diana
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LOL well, at least in this thread anyhow
I don't know why it's not showing the posts you all told me about in the
other thread. Oh well. No biggie. I'm used to very busy lists so I
wasn't sure what had happened
Thanks for the welcome!
Diana

"Artemis" wrote in message
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YAY she saw me this time! :-)


ARTEMIS
http://stores.ebay.com/id=1689023&ssPageName=L2



"Diana" wrote in message
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Oh no! Don't know how to fix that. Maybe I'll unsub, and then resub

and
see if I get back the lost messages or something. Thanks!
Diana

"Artemis" wrote in message
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I think you are having probloems, I replied to you as did others. -(



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"Diana" wrote in message
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I just joined a day or two ago, and have only received two messages,

one
to
a post I made, and one spam. Is this list always this quiet, or am

I
having
trouble with my newsgroup reader? I'm new to newsgroups, and am

used
to
email groups, so any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Diana










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Old March 14th 04, 07:55 PM
Sally Minnesota
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I just joined a day or two ago, and have only received
two messages, one to a post I made, and one spam.
Is this list always this quiet, or am I having trouble
with my newsgroup reader? I'm new to newsgroups,
and am used to email groups, so any help is appreciated.


Hi Diana. I'm fairly new here myself. The group is a little
quiet, but almost always on topic. All my questions have
been answered and I've learned some great things from the
folks in this group. Not a lot of fluff, which I appreciate.

Sally
--
Snow removal required before sending email.
  #14  
Old March 17th 04, 04:04 PM
amy
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I've been lurking for a long time so I'll jump on this posts bandwagon with
questions!!!

What would you suggest to make your own rubber stamps? I bought a Mark560
from etch-o-matic last year and don't like the quality of the material (also
it's real messy and I'm not a fan of UV rays which I hope is not the only
way to make rubber stamps) - The 560 machine is also a stencil maker but
again haven't made anything of quality--Anyone know of a "rubber stamp
maker" and/or "stencil maker" that is not so expensive (starter company
here!!!)...

Here's another question and I hope it's not too stupid or off topic... I've
been asked by numerous customers if I will offer tablecloths, pillow cases,
etc. with "stamping" (textile comes ready with design so they can do fabric
painting). Now I was considering initially finding a
local manufacturer that can screenprint designs onto tabelcloths, runners,
etc. But the reference "stamping" sort of took me for a
loop - is there a "stamping" method (or technique) that I should be
considering instead of screenprint???

Thanks-
MG





NOW (Sally Minnesota) wrote in message ...
I just joined a day or two ago, and have only received
two messages, one to a post I made, and one spam.
Is this list always this quiet, or am I having trouble
with my newsgroup reader? I'm new to newsgroups,
and am used to email groups, so any help is appreciated.


Hi Diana. I'm fairly new here myself. The group is a little
quiet, but almost always on topic. All my questions have
been answered and I've learned some great things from the
folks in this group. Not a lot of fluff, which I appreciate.

Sally

  #15  
Old March 17th 04, 06:03 PM
Pat Kight
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amy wrote:
I've been lurking for a long time so I'll jump on this posts bandwagon with
questions!!!

What would you suggest to make your own rubber stamps? I bought a Mark560
from etch-o-matic last year and don't like the quality of the material (also
it's real messy and I'm not a fan of UV rays which I hope is not the only
way to make rubber stamps) - The 560 machine is also a stencil maker but
again haven't made anything of quality--Anyone know of a "rubber stamp
maker" and/or "stencil maker" that is not so expensive (starter company
here!!!)...


If you're talking about making real *rubber* stamps - as opposed to the
photopolymer kind your machine produces (and I agree, they're not very
high quality) - then it's an expensive proposition. There are basically
two methods: Vulcanization (involving high temperatures and pressure) or
laser engraving. The equipment for both is pretty expensive - in the
thousands of dollars range.

If you're just starting out a business and not prepared to invest
thousands of dollars, you might consider contracting out the
manufacturing process until you've made enough profits to acquire the
equipment to do it yourself.

The best place I know of to look for manufacturers of any kind is The
Thomas Register, which is on line at

http://www.thomasregister.com/

Use their search function to look for "rubber stamps" and you'll find a
number of manufacturers and suppliers.

Here's another question and I hope it's not too stupid or off topic... I've
been asked by numerous customers if I will offer tablecloths, pillow cases,
etc. with "stamping" (textile comes ready with design so they can do fabric
painting). Now I was considering initially finding a
local manufacturer that can screenprint designs onto tabelcloths, runners,
etc. But the reference "stamping" sort of took me for a
loop - is there a "stamping" method (or technique) that I should be
considering instead of screenprint???


Got me; my guess is that your customers see the result and think it's
stamped, but the more usual way to do it would be by screen printing or
some similar printing technique.

Good luck,

--
Pat Kight


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Old March 17th 04, 07:45 PM
cbet
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Amy - just guessing here, but my grandmother does embroidery (on
pillowcases, dishtowels, etc) and uses iron-ons to get the pattern onto the
cloth. (The brand of the pattern that I can think of off-hand is "Aunt
Martha's" or some such thing.) I know there are pencils that let you make
your own patterns, I think they come in red and blue (the blue is better -
not so overwhelming a line to cover up). We used to make our own patterns by
tracing pictures from coloring books. Anyway, when she or my mother ironed
the pattern onto the item, they called it "stamping". Maybe that's what
these customers are thinking?


--
Cheryl in Wisconsin

Here's another question and I hope it's not too stupid or off topic...

I've
been asked by numerous customers if I will offer tablecloths, pillow

cases,
etc. with "stamping" (textile comes ready with design so they can do

fabric
painting). Now I was considering initially finding a
local manufacturer that can screenprint designs onto tabelcloths, runners,
etc. But the reference "stamping" sort of took me for a
loop - is there a "stamping" method (or technique) that I should be
considering instead of screenprint???

Thanks-
MG





NOW (Sally Minnesota) wrote in message

...
I just joined a day or two ago, and have only received
two messages, one to a post I made, and one spam.
Is this list always this quiet, or am I having trouble
with my newsgroup reader? I'm new to newsgroups,
and am used to email groups, so any help is appreciated.


Hi Diana. I'm fairly new here myself. The group is a little
quiet, but almost always on topic. All my questions have
been answered and I've learned some great things from the
folks in this group. Not a lot of fluff, which I appreciate.

Sally



  #17  
Old March 17th 04, 08:24 PM
Diana
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You can stamp on fabric yourself with fabrico inks....but I'm not sure
exactly what it is your customer is asking for. Are they wanting just the
outline so they can paint it?
Diana


"amy" wrote in message
om...
I've been lurking for a long time so I'll jump on this posts bandwagon

with
questions!!!

What would you suggest to make your own rubber stamps? I bought a Mark560
from etch-o-matic last year and don't like the quality of the material

(also
it's real messy and I'm not a fan of UV rays which I hope is not the only
way to make rubber stamps) - The 560 machine is also a stencil maker but
again haven't made anything of quality--Anyone know of a "rubber stamp
maker" and/or "stencil maker" that is not so expensive (starter company
here!!!)...

Here's another question and I hope it's not too stupid or off topic...

I've
been asked by numerous customers if I will offer tablecloths, pillow

cases,
etc. with "stamping" (textile comes ready with design so they can do

fabric
painting). Now I was considering initially finding a
local manufacturer that can screenprint designs onto tabelcloths, runners,
etc. But the reference "stamping" sort of took me for a
loop - is there a "stamping" method (or technique) that I should be
considering instead of screenprint???

Thanks-
MG





NOW (Sally Minnesota) wrote in message

...
I just joined a day or two ago, and have only received
two messages, one to a post I made, and one spam.
Is this list always this quiet, or am I having trouble
with my newsgroup reader? I'm new to newsgroups,
and am used to email groups, so any help is appreciated.


Hi Diana. I'm fairly new here myself. The group is a little
quiet, but almost always on topic. All my questions have
been answered and I've learned some great things from the
folks in this group. Not a lot of fluff, which I appreciate.

Sally



  #18  
Old March 18th 04, 07:26 AM
amy
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I sell transfers and stencils in addition to the fabric paints so
customers have a huge selection to choose from if they want to put the
designs on themselves... however, the old distributor (I'm talking
over 20 years ago) used to provide ready items with designs already on
tablecloths etc. to just be painted... and that's what the old
customers are used to ... oh well - maybe it's a good idea for the
time being to actually prepare the items myself "on demand" if someone
wants a tablecloth with a specific design I can offer that as a
service... we'll see--
Thanks!
MG


"Diana" wrote in message ...
You can stamp on fabric yourself with fabrico inks....but I'm not sure
exactly what it is your customer is asking for. Are they wanting just the
outline so they can paint it?
Diana


"amy" wrote in message
om...
I've been lurking for a long time so I'll jump on this posts bandwagon

with
questions!!!

What would you suggest to make your own rubber stamps? I bought a Mark560
from etch-o-matic last year and don't like the quality of the material

(also
it's real messy and I'm not a fan of UV rays which I hope is not the only
way to make rubber stamps) - The 560 machine is also a stencil maker but
again haven't made anything of quality--Anyone know of a "rubber stamp
maker" and/or "stencil maker" that is not so expensive (starter company
here!!!)...

Here's another question and I hope it's not too stupid or off topic...

I've
been asked by numerous customers if I will offer tablecloths, pillow

cases,
etc. with "stamping" (textile comes ready with design so they can do

fabric
painting). Now I was considering initially finding a
local manufacturer that can screenprint designs onto tabelcloths, runners,
etc. But the reference "stamping" sort of took me for a
loop - is there a "stamping" method (or technique) that I should be
considering instead of screenprint???

Thanks-
MG





NOW (Sally Minnesota) wrote in message

...
I just joined a day or two ago, and have only received
two messages, one to a post I made, and one spam.
Is this list always this quiet, or am I having trouble
with my newsgroup reader? I'm new to newsgroups,
and am used to email groups, so any help is appreciated.

Hi Diana. I'm fairly new here myself. The group is a little
quiet, but almost always on topic. All my questions have
been answered and I've learned some great things from the
folks in this group. Not a lot of fluff, which I appreciate.

Sally

  #19  
Old March 18th 04, 07:32 AM
amy
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Pat Kight wrote in message ...
amy wrote:
I've been lurking for a long time so I'll jump on this posts bandwagon with
questions!!!

What would you suggest to make your own rubber stamps? I bought a Mark560
from etch-o-matic last year and don't like the quality of the material (also
it's real messy and I'm not a fan of UV rays which I hope is not the only
way to make rubber stamps) - The 560 machine is also a stencil maker but
again haven't made anything of quality--Anyone know of a "rubber stamp
maker" and/or "stencil maker" that is not so expensive (starter company
here!!!)...


If you're talking about making real *rubber* stamps - as opposed to the
photopolymer kind your machine produces (and I agree, they're not very
high quality) - then it's an expensive proposition. There are basically
two methods: Vulcanization (involving high temperatures and pressure) or
laser engraving. The equipment for both is pretty expensive - in the
thousands of dollars range.



If you're just starting out a business and not prepared to invest
thousands of dollars, you might consider contracting out the
manufacturing process until you've made enough profits to acquire the
equipment to do it yourself.

The best place I know of to look for manufacturers of any kind is The
Thomas Register, which is on line at

http://www.thomasregister.com/

Use their search function to look for "rubber stamps" and you'll find a
number of manufacturers and suppliers.


Thanks so much Pat for all your great advice. I did look at
thomasregister just to get an idea of what hte costs are and geez luiz
they're more like 7-9K machines! so not worth it... the machine I got
is nothing more than a lightbulb with the photopolymer liquids which
I'm glad you confirmed for me are not very high quality... I tried and
tried and still couldn't get a good result from them so I thought
maybe it was me - but anything I produced is not sellable quality. For
now I'll just stick with what I got - I was moreso looking
futuristically as to what I can offer... so that idea is out the
door!!!


Here's another question and I hope it's not too stupid or off topic... I've
been asked by numerous customers if I will offer tablecloths, pillow cases,
etc. with "stamping" (textile comes ready with design so they can do fabric
painting). Now I was considering initially finding a
local manufacturer that can screenprint designs onto tabelcloths, runners,
etc. But the reference "stamping" sort of took me for a
loop - is there a "stamping" method (or technique) that I should be
considering instead of screenprint???


Got me; my guess is that your customers see the result and think it's
stamped, but the more usual way to do it would be by screen printing or
some similar printing technique.


Okay good I didn't know if I was unaware of a new method or
something... I'll just contract it (screenprinting on material) out
when ready...

Thanks so much for your valuable input!!!
MG


Good luck,

 




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