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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:41 pm 
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Is there anyone out there custom cutting stencils? I'm not looking for computer cut vinyl, or mask, but good old fashioned oilboard. 1/2 and 1 inch preferably.

If not, is there enough of a market to amortize buying a stencil cutter?

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:42 pm 
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I have a 1/2, 3/4 and 1" marsh stencil machines. I love em and use them all the time:)

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:31 am 
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Have you got the US wartime stencil font (fonts?) for your machine?

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:28 pm 
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As in the ww2 font seen on vehicles?? These are standard stencil font. The machines are made by Marsh.

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Comparing modern US military stenciling to some of the surviving maintenance instruction stenciling on my BT-13, it looks like some of the individual letters have changed a bit. The wartime lettering looks more block-like, sort of a simpler looking font (to me, anyway, but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.) I'll see if I can find a few examples and scan and post them. What era are your machines from?

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They are atleast 20+ years my guess. Send me the scan of what you find. I hope to snag a 1/4" machine soon

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Dan, is this what you’re talking about? Here’s a T-28 outer wing panel that we haven’t done anything to yet. The 1” CAUTION has a bit of a radius on the A and N, while the smaller font is "blockier". (if that's a word)

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How tall is the "CAUTION"?

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