http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/ Home of the "Dog Tag Makers" Fri, 01 May 2009 06:58:04 GMT dmmlemur http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/112 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/112 Sorry to bother the list with this... Keith, could you drop me an e-mail offlist so that I can reply to it? I've tried to e-mail you via Yahoo but each try Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:41 GMT Keith http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/111 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/111 It's like someone closed a valve 40 years ago, and a raging river was cut off. There were millions of Addressograph users, the majority of them small and Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:52:06 GMT dmmlemur http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/110 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/110 Keith, Thanks for the very interesting, very detailed information on the history of Addressograph and the plates for the machines. I've been surprised at how Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:34:26 GMT Keith http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/109 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/109 They stopped making the standard machines back in the 1970s, when line printers and computers started taking over. Addressograph became Addressograph Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:00:44 GMT dmmlemur http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/108 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/108 Two questions related to graphotype/addressograph plates: Does anyone sell (or know who sells) new-old-stock Addressograph plates? That is, I'm interested in Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:45:00 GMT dmmlemur http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/107 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/107 I was just given a Graphotype 6381 (s/n 760,779, which would be about 1959) and an Addressograph 970B (s/n 645-525). Both appear to be in perfect working Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:26:59 GMT Groups http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/106 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/106 Debossing = When you read the text left to right are the characters pressed downward into the metal? If the characters are pressed downward into the metal Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:50:33 GMT D Resor http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/105 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/105 So fail safe rules are: If the text reads left to right 'letters indented' it's a debosser. If text reads left to right and the 'letters raised' it's an Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:35:20 GMT greg skochko http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/104 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/104 Hi Donald, I think what you have there is a debosser. The terms always mystified me. Here it is simply. When viewed with the charscters facing the viewer as Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:03:37 GMT D Resor http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/103 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/103 Hello, I am new to the list and am having trouble wrapping my brain around whether this particular Graphotype 6341 is a Debosser or Embosser. It was used Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:18:20 GMT Keith http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/102 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/102 Welcome aboard, Jason. No, there isn't much traffic here, but you're invited to boost the amount! Tell us what you're doing, where you go, anything up with Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:56:16 GMT M oparz http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/101 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/101 Howdy. Hopefully this group is just quiet and not defunct... I'm the Asst Maintenance Officer for the National Capitol Squadron of CAF Sat, 24 May 2008 06:45:28 GMT Keith http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/96 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/96 Glad to hear about your project and the approaching completion. I can't help you on the keys. The only differences between a "business" Graphotype and one Sat, 24 May 2008 03:45:59 GMT ferroglyph http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/95 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/95 Hi all, I am nearing the completion of the complete restoration of my 6381 Graphotype machine. It has been a long journey but is nearing the end. Hopefully by Wed, 14 May 2008 22:45:05 GMT Alina Gonzalez http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/94 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Graphotype_Machines/message/94 Thank-you Keith Im located in Antioch, CA and I have seen a similar Graphotype altough 5 years newer sell for $2900.00 so I ask that you make me a reasonable