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heat imprint cable marker E. Lee Dickinson 03-30-07
Posted by E. Lee Dickinson on March 30, 2007, 6:03 pm
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I know these machines have been discussed in this group before, but I can't
remember what they're actually called to search for one and to figure out
how much they cost. I'm talking about the machines that have a wheel onto
which you set, say, "Kitchen speakers" and as you pull the cable through the
machine it stamps those words onto the cable at a regular interval.

Anyone know where to get one, how much they cost, or what they're actually
called?

Thanks!

E. Lee Dickinson
Entertainment Design and Technology
www.leedickinson.com



Posted by Robert Green on March 30, 2007, 7:49 pm
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> I know these machines have been discussed in this group before, but I
can't
> remember what they're actually called to search for one and to figure out
> how much they cost. I'm talking about the machines that have a wheel onto
> which you set, say, "Kitchen speakers" and as you pull the cable through
the
> machine it stamps those words onto the cable at a regular interval.
>
> Anyone know where to get one, how much they cost, or what they're actually
> called?

I think they are called:

http://www.taymer.com/html/hot_stamp_wire_marker___contin.html

Those are industrial machines - perhaps there's something smaller. I have
the big box of Crayola crayons. I hold one against the wire (I use mostly
white cable) as I pull it from the box. That stripe usually is enough to
help me ID the cable when it's actually through the holes. I think there
are 78 colors, although there really are a dozen or so I can distiguish
without error.

--
Bobby G.




Posted by Robert Green on March 30, 2007, 7:59 pm
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> I know these machines have been discussed in this group before, but I
can't
> remember what they're actually called to search for one and to figure out
> how much they cost. I'm talking about the machines that have a wheel onto
> which you set, say, "Kitchen speakers" and as you pull the cable through
the
> machine it stamps those words onto the cable at a regular interval.
>
> Anyone know where to get one, how much they cost, or what they're actually
> called?

This might be more to your liking:

http://www.emcsolutions.com/hz2-wire-marker.html

--
Bobby G.





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