. Rubber hand stamps and the manipulation of rubber; a practical treatise on the manufacture of India rubber hand stamps, small articles of India rubber, the hektograph, special inks, cements, and allied subjects . OPEN, Composition Stamp Handle. In the cut, page 115, one number is shown asstamped into the soft lead, and at the other end ofthe stamp is a blank space ready for a number. The casting of a stamp is so extremely simplethat no attempt is made to use movable type, as inpermanent rubber dating stamps. While it is obvious that these composition stampscould be attached directly to woode
. Rubber hand stamps and the manipulation of rubber; a practical treatise on the manufacture of India rubber hand stamps, small articles of India rubber, the hektograph, special inks, cements, and allied subjects . OPEN, Composition Stamp Handle. In the cut, page 115, one number is shown asstamped into the soft lead, and at the other end ofthe stamp is a blank space ready for a number. The casting of a stamp is so extremely simplethat no attempt is made to use movable type, as inpermanent rubber dating stamps. While it is obvious that these composition stampscould be attached directly to wooden handles, a spe- 118 nUBBEtt HAND STAMP MAKING cial style of handle, shown in the cuts, is employedby the Post Office. A wooden handle carries at itsend a brass base, to which is pivotted a swingingpiece that is perforated by a conical oval ajDerture alittle larger than the small end of the stamj). Theedges of this aperture are slightly rounded. It is swung around as shown in the first figure,and the stamp, previously moistened on its sides, isforced in. If the stamp is properly made it is sur-prising how much force may be used to insert it. Ifthe edges of the brass swinging piece ai»e not roundedthere is
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