TEKTON5/32 Inch Letter and Number Stamp Set (36-Piece) | 6610

I built my own AR rifle. In order to legally leave it to my heirs when I die, I needed to mark it with my name, as the manufacturer, as well as my city, state, country and a serial number. I checked into laser engraving, but they wanted $120 and three days working time to mark my lower receiver. Then, I considered just stamping it. The law requires that such markings be a minimum of 1/16 inch tall, and .003 deep. These stamps certainly exceed the minimum height. I called Tekton, and spoke to a very helpful employee. He suggested that these stamps should have no problem stamping the required .003 inch deep in 6061 hardened aluminum. He suggested to use a heavy hammer for best results, but not a steel hammer. He also suggested that instead of hammering with force the way you would hammer a nail, he said I would get better results by lifting the hammer a particular distance (to be determined by experimentation and practice), and then let the hammer head drop onto the stamp, so you could get consistent pressure on the stamp time after time, versus having the lettering end up being stamped at varying depths, because you could never get consistent pressure by normal hammering. That made sense. So, I ordered a set of these stamps, and Tekton's 32 oz. brass hammer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NPUK66/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. I also ordered a steel bench block from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058EDU8M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. He also suggested that to get a straight line for your stamping, to clamp a metal straight edge, such as an metal ruler onto your work surface, as a guide.I didn't have a similar piece of 6061 Aluminum to practice on, so I just had to jump in and begin my stamping. Because of the shape and size of the AR lower receiver, I wasn't able to find an appropriate straight edge to use, so I utilized the edge of the magazine well itself as a guide. To keep from crushing my magazine well, I inserted a lower receiver vise block into the magazine well, to fill most of the space, and filled the tiny remaining gap between it and the well with a business card. The bench block came wrapped in plastic, so I left the plastic on the steel block, with the idea that it would help keep it from scratching the aluminum. I placed the steel bench block on my work bench and put the area of the lower receiver I planned to stamp on top of that. I began my stamping, and it took quite a few whacks from the hammer to get the letters deep enough to meet the minimum depth. When I was done, I had all my letters and numbers in place, and to a suitable depth. The biggest problem I had was in keeping my stamping all lined up. As I went, I got better at that, so the end result was that the first few letters, were kind of crooked, but the ones at the end were pretty straight and spaced nice. Is my stamping perfect? No. Am I satisfied with it? Yes. It meets the legal requirements I needed, and because I placed the stamping in a location that is not readily visible unless you are looking for it, it doesn't look bad. If I were to need to do this again, I am confident that I could do a better job. Naturally, it is not as perfect as a laser engraving would be, but it is much less expensive, and I was able to do it at home in an hour or so. I've shown it to a couple gun owners I know, and while they admit it is not perfect, they both commented that it didn't look as bad as some stampings they have seen done by big gun manufacturers.Bottom line, my AR is now done, and when I die, I can legally transfer it to my heirs. Plus, I now have a nice set of stamps, a nice new brass head hammer, and a jewelers bench block for future projects. I'm happy! I want to give a big shout out of thanks to Tekton's great customer service employee for his advice!

I have been using this set for a few years and have been happy with the quality.

The wooden storage box is great as a organizer and dust cover for the punches when they sit on your work bench, shelf. It is not so great when put in a tool bag and it rubs against hard things because the light material latch will break/rip off and the box will be damage spilling the punches everywhere. I you want a tool bag punch set look for the punches that come in the small plastic cases that dont waste space.The punches themselves are wonderful, i have used them to imprint on T6 6065 Aluminum, copper, thin stainless steel, metal pet dog tags, spare car/house keys, and other thin/less dense than steel material. Obviously the denser the material is being stamped the less it will imprint on the material, this will also cause the letter face to wear faster.It is a good idea to stamp all your object on a hard flat surface on top of another hard flat surface (piece of steel plate/granite/ delrin (dense hard plastic) on on top of concrete) this way all the energy from the hammer transfers through the punch, material being punched, and into the ground. Punching on an object that absorbs shock will decrease the quality of imprint and create uneven imprinting. Also this prevents you from damaging the surface of your object and thing you are using as a flat surface.Mine came shipped in its own plastic wrapped cardboard box that looked nicer than the actual box. I am glad I bought mine, but i should havePeople are complaining about the punches not imprinting evenly, that is the nature of hammer punches. Only hydraulic or gear presses give an even imprint through the entire raised edge of the letter.If the punches are not aligned on the x-axis then you will get odd kerning (spacing), if the punch is not aligned on the y-axis the words will have a weird wavy look.All these problems are normal for hammer stamp/punches, issues in human/operator errors, and no way an issue on the quality of the punch. The obvious exceptions are the punch had manufacturer error, send an email tekton. They have a pretty good customer service and will most likely fix your problem, I have seen tekton resolve problems from low raters because a piece was missing,broken, had rust, and other various issues.

No son piezas para profesionales pero cumplen a la perfección para aficionados a pequeñas manualidades en cuero y similar; de lo que si tengo queja es de la empresa de transporte, FATAL, como siempre tengo que ir yo a buscar el paquete a su oficina pues no hay forma de ponerse en contacto con ellos, no hacen más que colgar el teléfono, un autentico desbarajuste.

Déjà, la boite est de qualité boite de cagette, et les trous sont tout juste suffisants pour rentrer les matoirs. Ne regardez surtout pas dessous. Les matoirs en question, il est vrai, sont petits, mais ça restera manipulable. Par contre, il ne sont pas du tout traités comme annoncé. Le noir n'est qu'une couche de peinture qui n'a rien d'anti-rouille, et les matoirs sont d'ailleurs TOUS rouillés en divers endroits. Vraiment. On peut donc dire qu'on n'est pas loin de la publicité mensongère sur la qualité, mais bon, vu le prix, fallait s'en douter ... A remplacer dès que possible.

La présentation est très bonne et la qualité valable. Fonctionne bien sur l'aluminium simple, avec une frappe très nette . mais je ne me risquerais pas sur de l'acier qui ne va pas ménager les matrices ni même sur le duralumin.La boîte avec logettes individuelles est très pratique pour repérer immédiatement les caractères. Mais il n'y a aucune marque sur les barres pour repérer le haut/bas des caractères, c'est vraiment dommage, le fabricant ferait bien de rajouter par exemple un moletage là où doit venir le pouce pour tenir la barre.Un petit détail : il faudrait mentionner sur l'annonce la hauteur des caractères, qui est de 4 mm environ (on voit seulement une vue cotée où on peut lire la largeur des barres)

Está bien para cualquier material blando, haceros no vale

No lo he usado aún pero tiene un aspecto impecableEspero que las letras sean duraderas y no se borren con los golpes