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p575 · 07-24-2004, 10:35 PM

just started a job in a shop, i dont have many tools, but id like to keep em mine, anybody got a good way to lable em with initials or anything like that? will punches work? what do ya'll do?

justin

JeepinDoug · 07-24-2004, 10:53 PM

Eric · 07-25-2004, 08:23 AM

Hot pink spary paint.

Or use an engraving tool to initial them. I like both since you can spot the painted tools from far away, and if they clean off the paint, you stll have them engraved.

ironpig70 · 07-25-2004, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric

Hot pink spary paint.

Or use an engraving tool to initial them. I like both since you can spot the painted tools from far away, and if they clean off the paint, you stll have them engraved.

this is what i'd do

andrew · 07-25-2004, 10:14 AM

This is what I would do also . My tools are marked with a dremel but the old guy I work with is blind and cant see the marks .I am constantly taking my tools back .I was going to use yellow . pink would work just as well .

jeeplord · 07-25-2004, 02:56 PM

I L-A-B-E-L my tools with the dremmel also, and I use dark blue on all my tools, cause the only pink in my garage can clean my house.

p575 · 07-25-2004, 05:25 PM

whats an engraving tool gonna set me back? this isn't soo much to keep my tools from walking off, as it is to keep me from taking the shops "common" tools. i suppose the paint would be a great idea as well.

justin

Eric · 07-25-2004, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jeeplord

.....cause the only pink in my garage can clean my house.

You wear pink when you clean your house?

jerseyzuks · 07-26-2004, 10:29 AM

Engraving tools are pretty cheap, I have seen them for $10-$15. I used a diamond tip in my dremel to engrave mine with my initials.

Turbo6justin · 07-26-2004, 11:06 AM

I just picked up a new engraving tool I think it was about $25. It was one of those I was wondering the tool isle saw it and figured why not, works great. instead of painting the tools all pink I just use a paint pen, I put a few marks on the metric stuff so when I am laying on my back and there are 20 things laying around I can find them a little easier.

Johann · 07-26-2004, 11:20 AM

Shop tools here are marked with three parallel grinder marks on the body of the tool. If it has the marks they go back to the shop.

Things still migrate

If you want to keep them then paint them the nastiest/oddball color you can find and hammer the first one to run off with one of them

[JSA] Kill them as an example for other tool stealers[JSA]

jeeplord · 07-26-2004, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric

You wear pink when you clean your house?

And what if I do?

unimogken · 07-26-2004, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Johann

Shop tools here are marked with three parallel grinder marks on the body of the tool

We had a system like that at a place I worked called Genie. It was a production line so we used a grinder/cut off wheel and put our stations numbers on the tool in roman numerals.

It is deeper than a engraving tool will go and makes it a bit harder for someone to "erase" the engraving.

Johann · 07-27-2004, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by unimogken

We had a system like that at a place I worked called Genie. It was a production line so we used a grinder/cut off wheel and put our stations numbers on the tool in roman numerals.

It is deeper than a engraving tool will go and makes it a bit harder for someone to "erase" the engraving.

Exactly! Wasn't sure if anyone would understand what I was trying to say. Ours are a Roman numeral III

jedthrocornpone · 07-28-2004, 09:24 PM

we have always used drivers licence #'s just incase someone with the same initials works in the same area.........more engraving yes but works very well

07-24-2004, 10:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
p575 Granite Guru Join Date: Apr 2003 Member # 19022 Location: harrisoburg va Posts: 703	labling tools just started a job in a shop, i dont have many tools, but id like to keep em mine, anybody got a good way to lable em with initials or anything like that? will punches work? what do ya'll do? justin

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07-25-2004, 08:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Eric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 39 Location: San Martin, CA Posts: 3,266	Hot pink spary paint. Or use an engraving tool to initial them. I like both since you can spot the painted tools from far away, and if they clean off the paint, you stll have them engraved. __________________ Eric Parts for Sale --> D44 shafts, 6 lug rims, air tank

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jeeplord Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Member # 28273 Location: East of the Rockies Posts: 513	I L-A-B-E-L my tools with the dremmel also, and I use dark blue on all my tools, cause the only pink in my garage can clean my house. __________________ [QUOTE=kodiak1232003]"RUN, WHITE PEOPLE!! RUN!..SAVE YOUR FAWKING SELVES!!!" or some sh#t, in broken engrish...."[/QUOTE]

07-26-2004, 10:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
jerseyzuks Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Member # 24273 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 1,412	Engraving tools are pretty cheap, I have seen them for $10-$15. I used a diamond tip in my dremel to engrave mine with my initials. __________________ gunracer1- You must have the reading comprehension of a first graded

07-25-2004, 10:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
andrew Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Member # 15818 Location: ct Posts: 208	This is what I would do also . My tools are marked with a dremel but the old guy I work with is blind and cant see the marks .I am constantly taking my tools back .I was going to use yellow . pink would work just as well .

07-25-2004, 05:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
p575 Granite Guru Join Date: Apr 2003 Member # 19022 Location: harrisoburg va Posts: 703	whats an engraving tool gonna set me back? this isn't soo much to keep my tools from walking off, as it is to keep me from taking the shops "common" tools. i suppose the paint would be a great idea as well. justin

07-26-2004, 11:06 AM	#10 (permalink)
Turbo6justin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Member # 8560 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 155	I just picked up a new engraving tool I think it was about $25. It was one of those I was wondering the tool isle saw it and figured why not, works great. instead of painting the tools all pink I just use a paint pen, I put a few marks on the metric stuff so when I am laying on my back and there are 20 things laying around I can find them a little easier. __________________ Justin [email]jmphilip@yahoo.com[/email] '90 Xj With stuff, 8.8 44 locked 36 iroks and finally some alloys and CTM's yadda yadda yadda... '91 YJ, still putting parts together so where does everyone find rockwells cheap? '95 Dodge Cummins to tow jeep and my other misc. fast cars

07-26-2004, 11:20 AM	#11 (permalink)
Johann Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Member # 4251 Location: NC USA Posts: 1,402	Shop tools here are marked with three parallel grinder marks on the body of the tool. If it has the marks they go back to the shop. Things still migrate If you want to keep them then paint them the nastiest/oddball color you can find and hammer the first one to run off with one of them [JSA] Kill them as an example for other tool stealers[JSA] __________________ Details removed for clarity

07-28-2004, 09:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
jedthrocornpone Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Member # 16385 Location: pacific northwest Posts: 31	we have always used drivers licence #'s just incase someone with the same initials works in the same area.........more engraving yes but works very well

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