Teeny Tiny @ Stamp

I love this machine, the Lettera 32 typewriter! Unfortunatly the makers of this writing wonder didn't have the foresight of the internet, it is totally impossible to communicate today with out one symbol… the @ is missing!!!

So to be 100% useful it needs one addition, I solved it by making the @ stamp🤩

Stamp rubber

Felt

Ink

Magnet

3D printer

I thought up this idea while testing my newly bought Lettera32 and found I needed the @ symbol for my short messages and greetings. I started with a larger stamp based on a ready-made stamp I bought in a shop, but the stamp was bigger than the letters on my typewriter. So I decided to make it from scratch… again!

Not a very complicated project to draw up, so it went quickly from prototype to final version. You can print all 3 parts to have the magnet glued in at the bottom, or you just print the stamp and ink pad if your typewriter is stationary.

I added a magnet so I can attach the stamp to my typewriter, never lost again. This can either be done by pausing the 3D print and placing the magnet or making your 3D print detachable for inserting the magnet after the print is finished.

So this was done outside of my shop, I have a stamp dealer I use all the time. I had fortunately measured the size to fit the hole puncher, using the largest diameter, 4.5mm.

I used the hole puncher to make the ink pad from som left over felt fabric. You'll need something that will soak up the ink and keep it moist.

The result is hopefully speaking for it self, it works! I'm using it all the time and having the magnet placed in the base I can make sure its always at hand.

Want to see more projects like this… head over to @smogdog (see, @ is needed all the time:-)