I noticed Loring had mentioned this in his 'Shop Wiring' thread, and its something I've been giving some thought to lately, so I figured I'd toss this out for comments from the group.
I'm really seriously looking at getting a label maker of some sort for stuff in the shop, ranging from small parts boxes to drawers to hardware bins to electrical outlets and panels. A side benefit would be using it make legible labels for my ammo boxes that I take to the gun range
Anywho... at work we've used the Dymo LabelWriters connected to a PC for printing large numbers of labels for safety tags (basically address labels used for a different purpose) and they work pretty well, but you have to have a PC up and running to use it. Not an insurmountable problem as I have a older used laptop for the shop area, but somewhat inconvenient I suppose.
I've been seeing more and more references to these self-contained label makers like the Brother P-Touch machines. Finally got a chance to play with one here at work that the plant electricians left lay out. Pretty slick, but limited to a 3/4" wide tape strip even though they seem relatively inexpensive ($20-50, depending on features).
I'm kind of curious if anyone else has been using electronic label makers in their shop, and what your experiences and recommendations might be? I'm trying to move a bit past the strip of tape + Sharpie method (my current state) in hopes of having something that is legible to someone besides myself
Looking forward to hearing your response,
Monte
I'm really seriously looking at getting a label maker of some sort for stuff in the shop, ranging from small parts boxes to drawers to hardware bins to electrical outlets and panels. A side benefit would be using it make legible labels for my ammo boxes that I take to the gun range
Anywho... at work we've used the Dymo LabelWriters connected to a PC for printing large numbers of labels for safety tags (basically address labels used for a different purpose) and they work pretty well, but you have to have a PC up and running to use it. Not an insurmountable problem as I have a older used laptop for the shop area, but somewhat inconvenient I suppose.
I've been seeing more and more references to these self-contained label makers like the Brother P-Touch machines. Finally got a chance to play with one here at work that the plant electricians left lay out. Pretty slick, but limited to a 3/4" wide tape strip even though they seem relatively inexpensive ($20-50, depending on features).
I'm kind of curious if anyone else has been using electronic label makers in their shop, and what your experiences and recommendations might be? I'm trying to move a bit past the strip of tape + Sharpie method (my current state) in hopes of having something that is legible to someone besides myself
Looking forward to hearing your response,
Monte
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