[Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one idea

Tue May 6 07:54:46 CDT 2008

Isn't the protracter the item for measuring angles?

Terry

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From: Lauren Merryfield [mailto:lauren1 at catliness.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one idea

Hi,
A protractor.
Thanks
Lauren
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From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov>
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> When I was learning geometry, we had a drawing device with a metal
> handle and a bumpy wheel.  You could draw shapes and it would make
bumps
> on the other side of the page.  Check with the blind product providers
> and see if it is still sold.  You could draw around a shape and have
it
> come out on the other side of the page.
>
> Terry Powers
>
>
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> From: Rovig, Lorraine [mailto:LRovig at nfb.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one idea
>
> homemade embossers:
> To make the pattern, have a friend who is sighted cut out the current
> size and shape of praying hands from a print item (church newsletter,
> online art?) and glue the cut photo to a chunk of wood that fits the
> hand as it will become your embossing stamp. The sighted friend takes
> thin strips of edged metal and, as they do in India with brass strips
> for table top designs, uses a rubber mallet to pound the strips into
the
> wood, following the design of the hands.  Perhaps the copper wire sold
> at craft stores (which is round, not edged) will permit embossing a
> design on card stock without tearing a hole in the paper. I suggest
> trying 26 gauge and 20 gauge to see what works.
>
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces+lrovig=nfb.org at nfbnet.org] On
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> Of Dan Brewer
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors
>
> I found praying hands at Walmart. They were metal and stuck to a
napkin
> ring I was making quite easily.  I think you are thinking of "blind
> Hands", I'll have to keep looking.
>
> I will let Carol tell you about her embossing set. You know! I bet
> someone could make a templet for the hand you are looking for and you
> could use the tool to trace it on your card.
>
> HenriettaAt 10:35 PM 5/3/2008, you wrote:
>
>>You mentioned an embossing tool.  Please tell us a little about  this.
>>
>>Has anyone ever come across hmmmmmm a sticker in the shape of a
> hand???
>>Need it to fit on a businesscard and be tactile enough to feel the
> shape.
>>
>>You got the wheels spinning now!
>>
>>Joyce
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