Data plate stamping

[Jack Innes]

Rob,

You need to find the right machine. Most Addressograph machines emboss the letters backwards to create plates to go in an address printing machine - like most hospital ID cards. The letters are often also coined into the metal to be very fine like a typewriter key. The vin printer forms the metal without changing its thickness & the result is as you see it on a carrier vin plate. I am sure you are correct that in production the plates would be pre stamped with the standard information including the border.

To change the font size it appears that you would have to change all of the dies & likely reset the spacing somehow. It may be a case of changing the die holder as well.

The machine in my pictures does not work whether by accident or intentionally. It is something that should not fall into the hands of credit card fraud miscreants!

There are a number of companies offering to make plates but they require an old plate or a proof of ownership of the vehicle. Would it not be worth collectively contacting these people, perhaps through a lawyer, explaining the situation of most plates being missing & that there never was any form of MOT title document on a carrier. A notarised statement of ownership should then suffice to clear the plate maker of responsibility. Such a person may be more interested if he sees a sale for many sets of plates. A die to stamp the border would not be too difficult to make.

[Jordan Baker]

http://www.infinitystamps.com/embossing_dies.html

Found this company. Does a good job of explaining it all. Just sounds expensive for what our numbers would be.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

http://www.infinitystamps.com/embossing_dies.html

Found this company. Does a good job of explaining it all. Just sounds expensive for what our numbers would be.

If the stamps were $1000 a set, you would only need to make 20 plates at $50 ea to break even. After that the profit would set in. But I think that you would need to make the basic data plate with one of these stamps, then add the variables with an addressograph type machine for serial or engine numbers. There will even be different manual numbers depending on the age of the vehicle, so it may be neccessary to have a few different stamp sets made up if you are going to try and make everyone happy.

[Tony Smith]

So how about a seller like THIS ONE, who "if you do not have the metal Merchant plates, can refer you to someone who can do them very reasonably"?

[Svenn Ryen]

Hi guys. Found a firm that can emboss our plates. I had mine done..not cheap but turned out great.




Contact this guy and he will get it done:

http://www.boxweed.addr.com/embossing.htm


Svenn