Re: [RE-wrenches] Plaques

2024-03-31 Thread Lou Russo via RE-wrenches
Aloha Wrenches, Kirpal, I was looking at the Vision product line. What model did you purchase? We work out in the boonies and driving 35 minutes to town to pick up a $75 directory from the trophy shop is getting old. On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 5:48 PM Kirpal Khalsa via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists

Re: [RE-wrenches] Plaques

2024-03-31 Thread Kirpal Khalsa via RE-wrenches
Lou. . We got the Express engraver. All in it was around 5 grand. We were spending over $ 1500 per year ar our local trophy engraving store plus coordinating and they would go on vacation right when we needed placards. For us it made sense to bring this process in house. On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 1:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Plaques

2024-03-31 Thread Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches
Hellermann Tyton seems to be big into labels. They also sell a thermal printer which is branded as theirs, but it can also be found at www.creativesafetysupply.com, branded as a Labeltac 4.0, at half the price of Hellerman. $699 at present vs. the $1,500 Hellerman. That's where I bought mine about

Re: [RE-wrenches] Plaques

2024-03-31 Thread Chris Schaefer via RE-wrenches
After years of having a local vendor do my engraving and using a couple of different thermal printers, I settled on a Brady BMP 51 label printer. All kinds of colors and UV protective labels. The machine remembers your labels in a file and has battery backup. Definitely best to keep the labels out