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  • From: Tempe, AZ
Dymo tape
Posted by eptingmike on Sunday, September 26, 2010 7:20 PM

Hello all,

So I am trying to find some of this 'magical' Dymo tape used to guide scribing....and have had no luck.  Obviously I can find it online but the cost of shipping it makes it pretty uneconomical.  I have been to a Staples and an Office Max here locally(Chandler, AZ) and all they have is the thinner stuff that is printed on, not embossed.  I am wondering if perhaps there are some other places to look or maybe a different material that you would recommend.

Thanks so much

Mike

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Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, September 27, 2010 8:12 AM

Wal-Mart. Office/School supply section. Cheap.

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Posted by wing_nut on Monday, September 27, 2010 7:23 PM

Or a craft store like Michaels

Marc  

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Posted by eptingmike on Monday, September 27, 2010 9:21 PM

Well I guess I need to pop over to Wallyworld and/or Michael's

Horten_IX_Go-229

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Posted by eptingmike on Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:08 PM

Alright I found some at a nearby Wallyworld.  Packaging looked like it had been there a LONG time!Stick out tongue

Thanks so much

Mike

Horten_IX_Go-229

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:05 PM

I'm surprised to hear it's still available.  That stuff goes way back to the early 70's!

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by eptingmike on Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:11 PM

It looked like it had been there since the 70s!  :)

Horten_IX_Go-229

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Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Friday, October 1, 2010 7:38 AM

Cadet Chuck

I'm surprised to hear it's still available.  That stuff goes way back to the early 70's!

Its older than that! The military was using it back as early as the late 50's. I know my dad was labeling stuff in the 60's with it.

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"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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Posted by PritMar on Friday, October 1, 2010 8:09 AM

I cannot make the stuff stick to my models. Is there a magic trick?

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Posted by Phil_H on Friday, October 1, 2010 8:19 AM

PritMar

I cannot make the stuff stick to my models. Is there a magic trick?

Did you peel the backing off?

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  • From: Central CA
Posted by Division 6 on Friday, October 1, 2010 9:12 AM

I recently picked some up at Target in the Stationary department.

Nice thing about it is the backing is slit down the middle so you get twice as much use out of it and being clear you can position it easier.

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Posted by PritMar on Monday, October 4, 2010 7:40 AM

No, peeling the back off makes it too sticky!

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Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, October 4, 2010 8:06 AM

Like you do to detack masking tape, stick it to your arm first. You want it to really stick good if you are doing heavy scribing. Never apply it to a painted surface!

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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Posted by PritMar on Monday, October 4, 2010 10:14 AM

When I read Phil H's reply, I thought he was being facetious, so I made a facetious answer. Of course I take the backing off. I also cut it into thin strips. Maybe, I just got some that was too old. It has hardly any stick.

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