If you're stealing from me, you're stealing twice...

[brian_j_roth]

I like to date my masterpeices (?) with an inset penny (3/4 forstner bit works perfectly). A bit of shellac keeps it shiny. Got the idea from a Becksvoort article. Anyone else do this?

[Edwin Pawlowski]

No, but I will. Ed

[Andy Dingley]

I carve dates and initials into mine. Our coins are too ugly - I believe Becksvoort uses silver dollars, which are a bit more attractive.

[Upscale]

I used some metal letter stamps to punch in my initials and the date.

[Wodbutchr]

i've taken my bussiness card to a trophy shop and had it burned (lasered) on

1/16in door skin. i glue these in some inconspicous place on the piece and add the date. being as how i sell my stuff it works out nicely as they wont lose my card.

wodbutchr making sawdust in salem or

[Wolfgang Jordan]

Ugly? I brought back an example of every coin from vacation, because I liked them more than our euros.

Wolfgang

[Tom]

Brian wrote:>I like to date my masterpeices (?) with an inset penny

Used to solder a new penny to the new copper roofs. No-one ever sees them, until the roof fails, and they haven't yet. Tom>

Work at your leisure!

[mac davis]

I've never heard of that, Brian... but if I ever turn anything that I'm willing to admit to, I'll put a penny in it.. Hell, the way the US$ is headed, maybe I need a bit for putting quarters in..

[Bruce Farley]

[J T]

Tue, Dec 14, 2004, 6:16pm (EST-3) brian_j [e-mail] asks: I like to date my masterpeices (?) with an inset penny (3/4 forstner bit works perfectly). A bit of shellac keeps it shiny. Got the idea from a Becksvoort article. Anyone else do this?

I glue a business card inside my suff, that has an inside that is. Where it's not easily noticeable, with the month and year. Number any duplicates for some reason.

JOAT We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

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[Test Tickle]

No, but I like it. You can have steel stamps wi th your name (or anything else) engraved on it from Brownells, the gun parts supplier. These are supposed to be used for stamping gun barrels, so obviously they work fine for pounding into wood. Years ago, I had a guy make a custom stamp with my first name and last initial engraved into a hunk of steel. It works only on end grain, but looks exactly like the stamps used by old wooden plane makers.

tt