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Re: Help with Hypo
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #10038 by Maiden
Nov 2, 2005 1:42am
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You are sweet! I haven't found somewhere to plant the Anne stamp yet. I want to find somewhere secure. It took too much time to carve only to end up losing it. I hope to make Anne a part of a series of favorite children's books someday, but I need to get carving first.

Cadenza
Re: Help with Hypo
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #9911 by orion
Nov 5, 2005 7:18am
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I bought some online from the Valley Vet catalog, but I have never figured out how to make them work for me. :-(

DebBee
Re: Help with Hypo
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #9911 by orion
Nov 15, 2005 8:17am
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You don't necessarily need a hypodermic needle. In Europe I noticed that instead of providing a wooden toothpick, some restaurants provide a hard plastic one.

It looks like a hypo needle, only larger. It actually looks just like if you cut a straw on the bias, only it is a very small straw and very hard plastic. A little smaller than a plastic coffee-stirrer, or one of those thin red plastic straws served in your drink at a bar. Not that I would know.
Re: Help with Hypo
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #10918 by Rick in Boca
Nov 15, 2005 8:29am
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That's great because I was kind of nervous shopping around for a hypodermic needle!! My niece has a diabetic dog (poor thing) and she has a slew of needles but they looked to be too fine a guage.

My daughter works in a restuarant with a bar so I'll have her bring some home. Thanks for the tip.

Take care, Orion

P.S. Some entrepreneur should design a set of carving tools just for carving in rubber!