We have found many other uses for it in our office as we can change the message quickly.

Users should take their time when removing the letters from the letter tray, though. I've lost a few because some letters required a bit of pulling to get them off. When they released, it was so quick and unexpected that they fell out of the tweezers.

When the letters get too inked up, I use rubbing alcohol and q-tips to clean the excess ink off.

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A useful tool or a lot of fun... or both!  Sep 15, 2008 By Valerie J. Kramer
I needed to label each page of a mountain of paper. A rubber stamp was the obvious answer. I could have bought one pre-made with specific text but for a few dollars more I got the Cosco(R) Self-Inking stamp kit. It was pretty easy to pick out the letters from the two trays of rubber letter images and form my label and the resulting stamp works great! When I finish this project, I'll be able to re-use the stamp kit for other projects in the future so ultimately I'll save money. This model allows up to 5 lines of text. Each line can hold about 20 characters. The kit includes 7 copies of the letters A-Z in each of two sizes however only capital letters are included - no lower case. There is also a more limited selection of accented characters and punctuation symbols. Finally there are some odd itesm such as the image of a mailbox, various check boxes, and some odd things like "ISDN" and "IBAN".

Overall I a very pleased. It was easy to set up and the stamp creates a nice sharp image and is very easy to use.

It would be nice if more rubber images were available either in the kit or as an optional accessory. Lower case letters would be first on my list followed closely by additional copies of numbers and capital letters. Because there are only four sets of numbers in each size, you could run out of a given digit (like 0 or 1!) very easily. A larger type size would also be handy.

You may find it handy to wear a headset magnifier when setting up the stamp. The letters are small (and of course, backwards) and you need to keep your hands free to do the work.




Gets the job done  Feb 04, 2010 By Jaclyn Carole Hill "Jaclyn Hill"
Letters and numbers are a little small and on lengthier stamps I run out of letters. Otherwise, it serves its purpose. I have used over 100 times and it is still going strong.

Hope this helps!


Good stamp kit  Apr 11, 2009 By David Glasgow
This is the only stamp kit I've been able to find that has sets of changeable letters and numbers. Works very well for identifying multiple pages with the same information. Only drawback is not being able to purchase additional letters, this is the second kit I've bought recently just to get additional 'E's. No matter, it is very good and I prefer this over peeling and sticking labels.

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