Engraving Stamp Dies

Drilled into my foundation and then found out it's PT concrete. Should I panic?

Hi,

I bought a free-standing safe and had an installer anchor it to my slab. He asked me to look for the 'This is PT concrete, drill and die' stamp on my garage floor and I couldn't find it. He went ahead, installed the safe, and went home.

That was a few months ago. This week I was cleaning out the garage and finally unearthed the dreaded engraving on my garage floor.

Will four holes drilled into my PT slab a few months ago eventually cause the concrete to buckle? Or is the risky part of the whole procedure over with?

Post tension, or pretension ed concrete simply has steel cables run through it from one end to the other, then the cables are tensioned either before or after the concrete is poured. As long as your installer didn't hit a cable than all is well. You can sleep easy your slab won't crumble, or buckle.

Inori Stainless Steel Pendant with Dragon Engraving $15.99 Inori Stainless Steel Pendant with Dragon Engraving crafted in Stainless Steel Dimensions: Diameter: 30.00 mm Free 19 inches Stainless Steel Ball chain included FREE GIFT BAG! FREE GIFT CARD! Finejewelers Style Number: INP106A. Resizable: No Adjustable: No Metal Stamp: stainless-steel Gift Box: Gift Wrapped

Inkadinkado STAMP M93160 Inkadinkadoo Stamp M $22.53 INKADINKADOAssorted Rubber Stamps. These stamps feature a hardwood base and an indexed edge to make the stamp easier to hold. A precisely cut rubber design layer. Clean clear contour lines within the stamp print deeply etched into the rubber dies for clean clear images and highly detailed designs. Measurements of stamp varies by design. Made in USA/Imported.

Xstamper Pre-inked Stamp $6.99 0.50" Width x 1.62" Length 1 1 Each 100000 1829 50% Xstamper Pre-Inked One Color Eco-Green Title Stamp contains more than 50 percent recycled material by weight. Micro porous cellular rubber and laser engraving deliver a clean, crisp impression. 1/2" x 1-5/8" impression in red reads "Scanned." Stamp is pre-inked for 100,000 impressions and re-inkable with Xstamper refill ink. Retractable frame keeps ink away from surfaces. China Message Stamp No Plastic Handle Pre-inked Stamp Re-inkable Red SCANNED Shachihata, Inc Xstamper Yes www.shachihata.co.jp/english/

Shachihata Xstamper ORIGINAL Message Stamp $6.99 0% 0.50" Width x 1.63" Length 1 1 Each 1824 Laser engraving delivers a clean, crisp impression Re-Inkable for hundreds of thousands more impressions Retractable frame keeps stamp surface away from desktop Comfortable SureGrip handle Message Stamp No ORIGINAL Orange Pre-inked Stamp Re-inkable Shachihata Shachihata, Inc US Xstamper ORIGINAL Message Stamp www.shachihata.co.jp/english/

Mickey Relaxing Wooden Stamp $4.91 Enhance your scrapbooking with a wooden stampStamping features a hardwood base with indexed edges to make the stamp easier to holdScrapbooking accessory features a precisely cut rubber design layerClean clear contour lines within the stamp printDeeply etched into the rubber dies for clean clear images and highly detailed designsDesign: Mickey Design size: 1.5 inches x 2.125 inches

Engraving Block Engraving Block $498 Precision stable work-holder for all engraving. The fully adjustable pivot drag with radial and thrust needle bearings that use the entire mass of the block to absorb any shock and force. Heat-treated blued jaws and two adapter plates (one fixed and one pivot) to take standard engraving block attachments. The ball and crown are hard chrome plated. Furnished with rubber holding ring and attachments. Mfg: Grs SPECS: Steel. Weighs 28½ lbs. (12.9kg) Spherical diameter 5¾" (14.6cm) height 7¼" (18.4cm). Jaws - 3" (7.6cm) wide 1¾" (4.4cm) high 3½" (9cm) opening.

Engraving Cutter $3.4 Engraving cutter Ideal for engraving, carving, routing in wood, fibre, plastic and soft materials - everything except hardened materials All have 3/32 shanks Brand #: Dremel 105 UPC: 080596001056 Keywords: dremel accessory engraving bit moto tool engrave cutter

Malone Dies $19.99 Malone Dies

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Disney's Jasmine Wooden Stamp $5.46 Add a fun addition to your scrapbooking supplies with a Disney's Jasmine wooden stampHigh-quality rubber stamps feature a hardwood base with indexed edges to make the stamp easier to holdPrecisely cut rubber design layer for clean clear contour lines within the stamp printDeeply etched into the rubber dies for clean clear images and highly detailed designsMeasures 2.25 inches long x 1.25 inches wide

Inkadinkado 'Bohemian Flourishes' Rubber Stamp $6.72 Inkadinkado 'Bohemian Flourishes' rubber stamp has a hardwood baseArts and crafts accessory has an indexed edge to make the stamp easier to holdFun stamp has a precisely cut rubber design layerClean clear contour lines within the stamp print deeply etched into the rubber dies for clean clear images and highly detailed designs

Inkadinkado 'Wine & Cheese' Rubber Stamp $6.5 Inkadinkado 'Wine & Cheese' rubber stamp has a hardwood baseArts and crafts accessory has an indexed edge to make the stamp easier to holdFun stamp has a precisely cut rubber design layerClean clear contour lines within the stamp print deeply etched into the rubber dies for clean clear images and highly detailed designs

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Printing Commercially- What Choices Do You Have?

What are my choices for printing my catalog? What are the different types of catalog printing and which ones are the best for my catalog? In this article I will go over several types of catalog printing to help you answer those questions.

Let's start with the different types of presses that are used for printing catalogs.

Web Press: This is the most commonly used type of press for printing catalogs. It uses a roll of paper to make the catalog printing process faster. There are two types of web press. The Heat-Set Web Press and the Cold-Set Web Press.

Heat-Set Web Press: The heat-set web press has a built-in heating unit that dries the ink. This gives the press the ability to produce a high volume of catalogs quickly. Another advantage it has is It can handle printing your catalog on coated and high-gloss paper. A heat-set web press is also the best choice if your catalog needs to have high quality photographs and images.

Heat-set web presses are good for large catalog printing jobs or where the cost of setup is irrelevant. It is a huge press and takes a staff of people to set it up for one catalog printing job. This is where you run into setup fees from your printer. On a large run, say 10,000 copies or more, the setup fee when divided by the number of catalogs is not too bad. If you were to apply those same setup fees to a run of only 1000 copies, the cost per catalog printed might be out of your budget requirements.

Cold-Set Web Press: This type of web press does not have a heating unit. The ink must be air-dried. The cold-set web press is used with text stock paper where the ink will absorb into the paper of your catalog. It will not print on coated and glossy paper. In addition to that, the photos and images for your catalog will not be quite as sharp as those printed on a heat-set web press.

However, if you are printing less than 10,000 catalogs or your primary needs are not the sharpness of the images, a cold-set web press might be the right choice for you. It will save you money over the heat-set method.

Sheet-Fed Press: Another good choice if you are not printing a high volume of catalogs is the sheet-fed press. The paper for your catalog is cut to size before the print run. One of the advantages a sheet-fed press has over the cold-set web press is that your images and photos will come out a much higher quality. Both are good for small runs, so if you are only going to print less than 10,000 catalogs and your artwork is important to you, the sheet-fed press might be the best way to go.

The sheet-fed press can also use various weights of paper, giving it another advantage over a cold-set web press. The downside is that sheet-fed presses run much slower. That is why they are usually only selected for a small run of catalogs or catalogs that require high quality graphics.

Digital Printing: This is much newer than the other methods described in this article, but it will become mainstream. This is where the images for printing your catalog are sent directly from the computer to the press. There is no film involved. All of the images are digital. This also eliminates the need for plates. Finding a printer for your catalog that uses this method might be difficult though since it has not been widely adopted yet.

The advantages of digital printing are fast-turnaround time and for producing high quality full color catalogs. The downside is that you may be limited in your choice of paper types.

Electrostatic printing: Only good for very short runs of catalog printing jobs. This is similar to photocopying documents in that it uses toner from a drum to thermally fuse your text and images to the paper.

Embossing: This catalog printing method uses a die your printer makes according to your design. It makes an impression or raises the image or letters onto the page.

Engraving: This is the catalog printing method that produces the highest quality images. You would only use this on the covers unless cost is not a factor. With engraved images, you can run your finger along the edge and fell that it has been indented or raised.

Gravure: This method of printing is used to produce a high volume of quality catalogs. It is much more expensive than other methods, but it is the best way to produce high quality catalogs.

Letterpress: This method of catalog printing goes back to the 15th century. It uses a rubber stamp like process. The images or text are raised on the stamp and ink is applied and the pages are stamped.

Offset lithography: This is a common catalog printing method with little setup time and one that is very cost effective. It's also good for printing on textured paper. It uses less ink than other methods as well.

I hope this has been a helpful guide to the different printing methods you can choose for your catalog. Keep in mind that every printer you go to will not be able to offer you all of these methods. Each printer buys the equipment best suited to his or her business. So if you are set on a particular type of catalog printing you may have to shop around to find a printer who uses your method.

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