Put tags on some of my pots yesterday, just a piece of stainless steel strip secured by a bit of s/s wire. It won't stop them walking off but hopefully it'll stop them getting mixed up with others on comp days.

Have numbered them so I can remember which pot I bought where and how much I paid, the memory ain't what it use to be lol.
Put the numbers in a book, now all I have to do is remember where I put the bloody book !

pd

Good idea PD. I have the same system except I use a split ring (keyring) and a piece of Aluminium (2mm) with a number stamped into it. On the ones that are similar to others I put the same tag on the lid so I can pair it up with the correct base. (I don't do that with every CO) still a very worthwhile addition I reckon. :)


Regards Skip

Well, I don't have to use tags, not that flush with ovens, but.      I have a spread sheet file on the computer with the basic facts as to how and when I 'acquired' said piece of ci.

;)

I use the American copper Penny (pre 1980 as it is not a copper jacketed zinc slug) and just drill a hole for a split ring and stamp my initials and a number.
:)

Best, Duncan

Hi Duncan and welcome, I have enjoyed reading your posts this morning.

Unfortunately I not that long ago gave away all my "old" pennies to the grandkids.  

I think yours is a great idea and remembered that at some tourist places they flatten pennies and put a picture on, I think they are copper and I guess they could be engraved with a name etc.

Not having many yet and not being up to competition standard I guess recognising my old COs and the slightly tarnished Bedouri (I keep looking at the seasoning hints and think "one day") it's not a problem for me.  

I recently saw Australian pennies shaped into a slouch hat.  I thought at the time that there couldn't be a better way to tag a camp oven in Australia than that.  You can get them by date as well.  Maybe get a heap of them with your year of birth and stamp a number under the brim of the hat.

Thats my plan.

Photo below

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Carolyn™ wrote on May 9^th, 2008 at 7:36am:

Hi Duncan and welcome, I have enjoyed reading your posts this morning. Unfortunately I not that long ago gave away all my "old" pennies to the grandkids.   I think yours is a great idea and remembered that at some tourist places they flatten pennies and put a picture on, I think they are copper and I guess they could be engraved with a name etc. Not having many yet and not being up to competition standard I guess recognising my old COs and the slightly tarnished Bedouri (I keep looking at the seasoning hints and think "one day") it's not a problem for me.

Greetings Carolyn,

I know those penny flattening machines, they are still around in a few places where the tourists are. They are US$0.51 last I saw one. I have a few, but I am not a collector of them.

The penny idea came to be as I was searching for the little brass tags that electrical workers use to ID wiring. The cost was prohibitive.  :o but a few days later I spotted a penny on the sidewalk and the idea hit me. I did not want the zinc core ones as the melting point was lower. Not a problem with copper.

I like to use them to match lid to bottom as I have several ovens that are the same size/design.

Best, Duncan

Derek wrote on May 9^th, 2008 at 9:34am:

I recently saw Australian pennies shaped into a slouch hat.  I thought at the time that there couldn't be a better way to tag a camp oven in Australia than that.  You can get them by date as well.  Maybe get a heap of them with your year of birth and stamp a number under the brim of the hat. Thats my plan. Photo below

Greetings Derek,

That is a plan [smiley=thumbsup.gif] I would go with it. It not only properly ID's your ovens, but gives a nice Australian flavor.

Best, Duncan

Those slouch hat tags are great Derek, are they cold stamped using a die ?

pd

Rob

I think they are cold stamped.  The Mint in Canberra makes them.


Derek

Evening folks,
What's the spin on 'modifying' currency? I personally think it's a great idea but isn't there conditions that apply? Like ya can't just take to a coin & punch a hole through it, or does that only apply to 'current circulation'? I seem to recall something about defacing the Queens head or some such thing. Maybe on the old stuff, there's no issue.
Hooroo for now,
TP [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Hey Pensioner,

You are likely right about the defacing laws. If I recall correctly we have such type laws here in the USA, but we also have the penny flattening machines that destroy the penny you place in the machine. It is an apperent loop hole in the law that allows it. It may be that because you are providing the penny to be destroyed that it is leagle. If the machine company provided said penny then it may not be. If I were sending the penny back into circulation with my stamping on it then I might be breaking the law, but they only go on to my CI for my use. I am not in the business of selling the tags to anyone. So I guess that makes me safer under the law. :-?

But heck, it costs me just pennies to make the tags. ;)

best, Duncan

Hi guys

Sorry, should have answered The Pensioners post before.

They are actually made at the Australian Mint in Canberra, the makers of the original coins so no issues regard defacing them.

You can get them as hat pins, key rings and pendants that I can see.

Aussie pennies are about 4 times the size of US pennies, so don't need to be flattened much anyway.
Our Pennies are no longer in circulation to be used as legal tender, that went out when we changed from Pounds, shillings and pence (pennies ) to Dollars and cents in On 14 February 1966., and now we don't even have 1 cent coins or notes - our smallest denomination is 5c coin.  You may find this hard to believe but Aussies accept that purchases that come to an odd cent will be rounded up or down according to a protocol which is imbedded into the store cash registers.  Therefore if articles cost total of say $4.99 then you would pay $5.00, if it came to $4.96 you would pay $4.95.
LJW  ::)

The no pennies concept has been brought up over here too, based on the fact that it costs more to produce pennies than the value of the coin.

Of course to all retailers, there is another cost or so.

8-)

Hi all,

Although not as nice as those cute Aussie hats, you can use a stainless steel washer with your initials stamped onto it. They aren't too expensive and you can find them as most hardware stores. I've been using round brass tags that I've found at a locksmith's store. They work well, but are pretty expensive.

Oh, don't forget you can add tags to other equipment as well. Here in the states many of us use charcoal chimneys and they look exactly alike. I add a tag to my chimneys so I don't mix them up with other folks. I also added a tag to my Mair lid lifter since a lot of us use those as well. Oh yeah, I added one to my lantern too! Ok, maybe I got carried away, but I haven't "lost" any equipment for quite a while now!

Joanne

joanne wrote on May 21^st, 2008 at 1:28am:

you can use a stainless steel washer with your initials stamped onto it. They aren't too expensive and you can find them as most hardware stores. I've been using round brass tags that I've found at a locksmith's store. They work well, but are pretty expensive.

The cost was the main factor for me as I get the pennies for face value and the only other cost was the split rings and the stamp set, the rest is just my labor. The brass tags I was unable to find and when I did find them the cost was high :o


joanne wrote on May 21^st, 2008 at 1:28am:

Oh, don't forget you can add tags to other equipment as well. Here in the states many of us use charcoal chimneys and they look exactly alike. I add a tag to my chimneys so I don't mix them up with other folks. I also added a tag to my Mair lid lifter since a lot of us use those as well. Oh yeah, I added one to my lantern too! Ok, maybe I got carried away, but I haven't "lost" any equipment for quite a while now!

I have already added tags to many of my tools. It is nice not to have anything grow legs and wander off.  :(

As for my chimney, I don't have to worry much about it being mixed up with someone elses as I made my own out of a #10 sized can (about 4 liters). I just cut out both ends and drilled some small holes about an inch and a half from one end all around the side and then stuck some heavy wire through making a grate to hold the heat beads. After several uses and some moisture exposure it looks so nasty no one wants to steal it.  ::)

best, Duncan