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I love my Dymotape. It's simple, sensible, easy to
operate, and I use it a lot, but I would also like another
version that creates a totally non-sensible output. I
believe that Dymoglyphics satisfies this need.
Instead of clear instructions like "please close after use"
etc, you can now use
the Dymoglyphics machine to print
out lines of total gibberish. This is because instead of the
usual alphabetic and numerals, the Dymoglyphics input
wheel displays a series of squiggles, broken lines and
various other glyphs that convey absolutely no meaning.
Using the Dymoglyphics is no different in mechanical
terms than using a "normal" Dymotape, except for the
totally random selection of the symbols to be printed
out.
Dymo Lable Maker
https://www.homebar...ga-label-maker.aspx
[xenzag, Oct 20 2021]
all kinds of characters
https://www.labelci...n-the-dymo-letratag
[xandram, Oct 20 2021]
[link]
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Alternatively you could offer the Dymotape to a young child, who will offer you large amounts of non-sensible output and giggles (not squiggles) until the machine runs out of tape. |
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Presumably the input wheel is made of plastic? So if you disassembled the machine and found the wheel part that presses up from behind the tape, which has the raised letter forms on, you could take a small very sharp chisel and pare away part of each letter. Then you would have meaningless fragments of line and curve left behind. |
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More useful would be a replacement Dymo disk with solid,
raised squares for each letter on the 'wheel'. Then, the
user could carefully carve or Dremel each letter into the
exact shape they wanted. |
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This would even work if the other side that shows
the letters was also blank so you could make your
own hieroglyphics on that too, which additionally
don't correspond to what's being printed out. |
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I'm a bit surprised these things still exist. I remember being
fascinated by my Dad's.
If you can disassemble it, maybe it would be possible to 3D print
the parts. Is it just one wheel or is there a matching reverse die
wheel? |
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Interesting project actually.
Wouldn't be desperately cheap, or easy but seems feasible. How
much do you want it? |
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The labelling machine that inspired the shape of
the original Starship Enterprise. (see link) Instead
of photon torpedoes, it fired out a long length of
tape with the words "DIE CLINGON SPACE VARMITS"
(printed in white letters on a red background) |
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I found a Dymo that makes all kind of characters,
but still Printing you out a croissant because it’s a
great idea! All the annos present great ideas also. |
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Bun only if it includes the Eye of Horus that I can
apply to random objects that I find in the street. |
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That could be a good gag. Eyes of Horus tagged
onto random locations just outside of mental
hospital wards... |
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//I found a Dymo that makes all kind of characters// |
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I think this might be a printer rather than an embosser.
If you just want to print symbols on labels, there's any
number of options. I've had a label printer with many
symbols for many years. |
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Looking around their website, for a while I wasn't sure
Dymo still make label embossers (except for a specialist
metal embosser).
But they do list it, it's just not visible
directly through the front page. |
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I'm putting the Dymo metal tape embosser on my
wish list. |
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//I'm putting the Dymo metal tape embosser on my wish list.// |
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I know, right? It's magnificent. |
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