{"id":51228,"date":"2013-09-25T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2021-10-16T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T22:32:49","slug":"fixing-a-makers-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/2013\/09\/fixing-a-makers-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing a Makers Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0007\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0007.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short story of a simple oversight that quickly turned painful, and ultimately settled into a happy ending. Sometimes we are presented with problems that have many solutions. Some solutions will work better than others, others will cause your fingers to bleed. A few months back I purchased a maker&#8217;s mark for the Mr. Lentz logo &#8211; a simple brass piece that can be punched into leather.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0010\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0010.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/>There are a variety of ways you can have it made, like the image above &#8211; made for a small hand press, a flatter wider version, one connected to an electric heating rod to burn the impression, or one with a nice solid handle for hammering. Unfortunately I wasn&#8217;t sure which way I would go in the longrun so I purchased this little guy for my hand press. Well, after a few uses &#8211; I realized it is much easier\u00a0 and faster to hammer&#8230; my fingers realized that I should have gotten the handled version.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0012\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0012.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Never letting a small mistake get me down, I immediately came up with a solution. I could drill out a hole in the back of the stamp and tap it &#8211; cutting the grooves for a 1\/4 inch bolt to screw into. My fingers quickly searched for the car keys, opened up the front door, and dragged me to the hardware store.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0004\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0004.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first step was to hold the stamp firmly so the drill press could go to work. I have this handy little portable table vise that swings in any direction &#8211; but unfortunately it isn&#8217;t very stable since it doesn&#8217;t attach to anything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0001\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0001.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0017\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0017.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I put a little olive oil (since it was handy) on the top of the stamp and hand screwed the tap into the hole as far as it would go &#8211; it wouldn&#8217;t go very far. The oil helps lubricate the tap as it cuts and also helps collect fine metal particles that are cut away from the stamp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0019\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0019.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With a little bit of extra help I tapped all the way to the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0023\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0023.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I chose a flat headed bolt as this would provide the largest surface area for my hammer. As with many off the cuff projects &#8211; the bolt didn&#8217;t go in straight. Which was a problem. This would mean that as I hammered the stamp onto the leather, part of the stamp would impress deeper than the other. The best course of action? Brute force. I put the stamp on the cement floor with the bolt fully inside the newly tapped hole, then I hammered it back to straightness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0025\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0025.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Life is much easier now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full alignleft\" title=\"MakersMarkFix_0026\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MakersMarkFix_0026.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fingers smiling with modified maker&#8217;s mark.<\/p>\n[mc4wp-form]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a short story of a simple oversight that quickly turned painful, and ultimately settled into a happy ending. Sometimes we are presented with problems that have many solutions. 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