Machinery Name Plates

Man, I love these little things ... these aren't my photos but i find them everywhere that I find old, heavy, beautifully over-engineered workmanship ...

 Sure is 'spartan' with only two screws ...

 Nipper !

 Nice ... the good ones have images and text etched into the plate, not just screened on top ...

Wow, I've been looking for someone who still does this kind of plate - I guess for the numbers that I'm going to need I may as well screen them myself onto aluminium sheet, maybe leave a 'field' for stamped serial numbers and such ...

I might try some little black waterslide decals that are inspired by this kind of I.D. plate ... I could picture them on the back of guitar headstocks.

Cheers, AP