i'm actually looking to have a small plaque made for a trophy i'm building for a car show, and i wanted to have the category and car show's name stamped into something metal (not quite sure yet what the object will be). i remeber a lot of talk about a year ago (?) about stamping vin's into frame rails, but i can't find anything on the subject. can anyone help me out? thank you. tred.
i don't know anyone that would have the balls to admit to the federal crime of stamping vin numbers on an open forum but maybe it's just me
Ya I don't know anything about stamping frames but you can get letter and number stamps at any tool shop. I think you can even get a cheap set at Harbour Freight. A buddy of mine uses a set to stamp his business name in Heads that he ports.
not that i'm going to suggest this, but go to hf and buy the 6 buck set of stamps and a little br*** dead blow hammer and do it your self.
For a trophy, you might consider a thin piece of steel, and weld it onto the final steel, and then dress the weld. Edit: Harbor Freight Stamps are terrible. The "8" stamp is always worthless.
we do it here all the time,no ch***is number,no registration. Or..do you mean .." Does anybody stamp fake numbers into ch***is of suspect cars..."?????. You only need a 1lb ball pein hammer to stamp numbers.On sheet metal,use a dolly underneath to support the steel so the letters leave a proper mark. As for quality, pay for ****...expect ****.
yeah, well we only need one and i don't want something that looks like it was m*** produced at a trophy shop, and i damned sure don't want anything plastic. thanks for the harbor freight idea though, i had no idea they sold those...
Find a high school with a shop cl***. Have one of the kids do it. Or maybe not, all of us had half a year of it in 7th grade and one of the projects was a wall-mount candleholder with a mirror in it. My younger sister did a nice job except she got the idea to stamp "Merry Christmas" into it. One letter at a time. Without anything to guide to keep them even. It looks like a drunk did it...
Tred... What's up man??? Here ya go : 1. big *** hammer 2. Harbor Frieght stamp set 3. don't use the "8" 4. don't hit yer thumb 5. write it down first so ya don't screw up the spellin heh heh... made those directions just for you
this is just a thought...but how 'bout a TROPHY shop? That's what they do.....engrave stuff....most of them have high-end pantograph engravers with fonts for pretty much any style of letter/number you could imagine - and...it's much more professional looking than some stamped-on stuff with no style (and it generally comes out uneven unless you have some kind of alignment bracket/slots. dj
Kind of like asking, "does anyone have their X wife burried in the back yard?" Even if it were so, you just can't admit it, no matter how happy it makes you.
I have the 3/8 old ford stamps which has a star. what weight of big hammer would be needed to get decent numbers on my Trophy. I tried a 4pounder with the harbor freight stamps and it was pathetic
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