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Hi Folks, you may be interested in this batch of videos I recently uploaded-of me using a dual striper or double headed-striping brush, six years ago at the Aussie letterheads meet we hosted here in 2007.
Most videos are 1 to 1-1/2 minutes, except the last, which is 15 minutes, but is shrunk to 20 meg
The first or second shows it being used backwards as well as forwards.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I own one of those. Forty five years ago I gave one to Shakey Jake as a Christmas gift, and we all laughed and no one took it seriously. This is the first time I've ever seen a serious demo or use for this tool. Thank you very much !!!
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I also have one of these for many years. Great video.
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Thanks- it's a good tool for the right purpose, if you take the time to learn to master some of its intricacies...
...otherwise it's just weird!
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Con-Grats Ian,U really have those twins trained 2 go where U want them 2.As I watched I thought U might stop short a half inch short of kissing the first set of lines & then put a prety little dot.But no U are trully the master of your dormain.
A friend of mine Bob Simpson,Holyoke,Mass.went 2 many International & Reginal Letterhead meets together thru the early 80's & 90's.
He always brought his little antique sign kit[abought 12"x10"x10"] everyone was amazed w/it & the treasures inside it's little drawers,old prime condition Quill lettering brushes,striping brushes & this little double brush adjustible width striping brushes,very old,it has a threaded wheel that would pull together or push apart 2 the space of the 2 stripes U wanted.It does not look homemade,very pecise looking.
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P.S. I own a antique sign kit myself. Another story,another'R'rated Letterhead time...
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HI Kent, I'd like to build myself something like that too, one of these days! Thanks for the memories & compliments. The brush was pretty unwieldy till I fogured how to stop & restart when doing really long lines- the secret it to lift one side & keep going a bit with the other-then you can come back and place each side down individualy, and you can focus on what you're doing till the surface tension takes over & does the rest.
Otherwise the weight of the paint makes the pair droop closer to each other initially...
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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You shd be able to make twice as much money with that thing.
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