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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mynamespat, post: 2647967, member: 83738&quot;]My experience comes from printing part numbers on hydraulic fittings and other small turned parts.&nbsp; </p><p>When you stamp a rounded part pressure is imperative.&nbsp; Too little pressure and the stamp does not leave a good impression; too much pressure and you leave a big square (indentation) around the numbers.&nbsp; </p><p>There will be three major parts to this tool: The working edge (stamp), a roller and a hinge in between.&nbsp; The roller and the stamp will be held together by a more disposable nut and bolt apparatus.&nbsp; </p><p>This nut and bolt does two things: allows the operator to adjust pressure and acts as a failsafe.&nbsp; Ideally, the bolt will break under too much pressure (or age) before the more expensive tooling.&nbsp; </p><p>A tools life is pretty tough.&nbsp; It&#039;s not easy moving metal.&nbsp; As this tooling makes 1ks of parts the bolt will actually slowly stretch.&nbsp; The operator will then need to tighten the nut on the adjustment bolt a fraction of a turn in order to get it back into tolerance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure the mint has a specialized million dollar machine for this, but here is an example of a simple tool for applying lettering or texture to the outside diameter of a part (it is missing the adjustment bolt):</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/Boxtool.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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