Hi everyone,
As most of you know, not all the plates are made during the show. We need plates ready to sell the first day of the show. We are getting ready to make the 2023 plates.
Ron's Machine has made the dies the last several years and made this year's die. I didn't take pictures of the die, but I can show you the progress.
The first strip of plates. The first image is on the bottom, the final of the strip is on the top. Let's zoom in on the bottom two impressions.
Notice the center image is very good, but the printing on the outside is missing on the bottom one. We did some changes on the punch and made the second impression. The center image is still good and the printing on the outside is starting to come in.
The bottom impression in the picture above is the middle impression on the first picture. A little more work was done on the punch between impressions. You can see the letters around the out side are getting better. A bit more work on the punch and the top impression in the picture above was made. That is a good impression and will make a good plate.
At this point the dies were taken out so they could be sent off for heat treating (hardening). When the dies came back, the top image in the first picture was made.
Here is a picture of a finished plate for 2023
Currently two plates exist. Yes, you will be able to see them at the Annual Meeting.
NO, THEY ARE NOT FOR SALE at this time.
Later,
Jerry Christiansen
As most of you know, not all the plates are made during the show. We need plates ready to sell the first day of the show. We are getting ready to make the 2023 plates.
Ron's Machine has made the dies the last several years and made this year's die. I didn't take pictures of the die, but I can show you the progress.
The first strip of plates. The first image is on the bottom, the final of the strip is on the top. Let's zoom in on the bottom two impressions.
Notice the center image is very good, but the printing on the outside is missing on the bottom one. We did some changes on the punch and made the second impression. The center image is still good and the printing on the outside is starting to come in.
The bottom impression in the picture above is the middle impression on the first picture. A little more work was done on the punch between impressions. You can see the letters around the out side are getting better. A bit more work on the punch and the top impression in the picture above was made. That is a good impression and will make a good plate.
At this point the dies were taken out so they could be sent off for heat treating (hardening). When the dies came back, the top image in the first picture was made.
Here is a picture of a finished plate for 2023
Currently two plates exist. Yes, you will be able to see them at the Annual Meeting.
NO, THEY ARE NOT FOR SALE at this time.
Later,
Jerry Christiansen
