[blindkid] heavy duty braille labels?

[David Andrews]

I believe there is also metallic dymo tape?

Dave

At 06:31 AM 10/6/2011, you wrote:
>Yes, we've gotten a few jewelry pieces like that over the years-- 
>that's exactly what I'm looking to be able to recreate.
>
>I guess it has to be done with some sort of "industrial" 
>slate-and-stylus-like setup with a small punch (and maybe light 
>hammer taps?) in place of the stylus?...
>
>On Oct 6, 2011, at 2:36 AM, Penny Duffy wrote:
>
> > Richard.. I have know people who make braille jewelry  must use 
> some kind of
> > tool.  I got the kids braille "dog tags" from a website last year.  The
> > braille was pressed into it.  So its got to be possible.  Some 
> kind of metal
> > press?
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Richard Holloway 
> <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know of a good solution to produce permanent braille labels?
> >> I'd like to be able to occasionally install metal tags with 
> braille on them
> >> in places. Think of a little piece of sheet metal with rivets or screws
> >> holding it on. Sort of like metal ID tags that some schools use to mark
> >> property, but with braille on them. The same process might be 
> nice to make a
> >> braille award up, for example.
> >>
> >> Seems like a slate and stylus sort of approach would work, but the metal
> >> needs not to be dented by the slate when held, and the stylus 
> would need to
> >> be designed not to break and not to hurt your hand when you push the metal
> >> dots into the metal.
> >>
> >> I'll bet a solution exists, but I can't seen to find it. Any ideas?
> >> Definitely something fancier than Dymo Tape would be nice.
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