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Wanting 2mm movable type
Otterman
 Post subject: Wanting 2mm movable type
PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:52 am 
I'm looking for movable type (little blocks of metal with a letter or number raised on one side) that print at 2mm per character.

Even though I'm a software developer, my internet search skills are oddly retarded, so I appeal for help.

Does anyone know where I can get a set of movable type in the 2mm range?
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Otterman
 Post subject: Wanting 2mm movable type
PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:18 am 
Found them. The appropriate search string is "letter punch 2mm"
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vanvlak
 Post subject: Wanting 2mm movable type
PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:22 am 
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(Otterman @ Jan. 24 2007,04:18)
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Found them. The appropriate search string is "letter punch 2mm"

An Otter-contained Q&A.
Now, the question is, what will these be used for? I'd have guessed for imprinting  numbers or characters into moulds to make characters in relief on models ....  ???  :D

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Otterman
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:28 pm 
It's part of Operation: SVCSucks.

I'm going to experiment making 1/2 inch resin counters for Federation and Empire .
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vanvlak
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:39 pm 
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Ah, I see. Interesting stuff - are their models any good?

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Otterman
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:11 pm 
No, their miniatures suck bad. Real bad.

Federation & Empire is / was a board game portraying nation-level combat between the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, et.al., and it is stil in production. Each ship is represented by a .5 inch double sided cardboard counter.

I want to make a few resin counters for myself as proof of concept.

Why not just make them out of cardboard? I don't like my own cardboard counters. And it costs too much to have them printed and stamped in low quantities.
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vanvlak
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:42 pm 
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Ah, right. I'm not a big fan of cardboard, either. Pity the models are poor.
Thanks for the gen.

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