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DIY Music Staff Roller Stamp

video DIY Music Staff Roller Stamp
Instructions on how to make a DIY staff roller stamp for taking music notes or quickly jotting down ideas. Hardware parts are under $10 and it takes about 2 minutes to make.

Materials:
1 brass door hinge post (~3 inches long)
6 small washers that fit on the post (~half inch wide)
5 thin large washers that fit on the post (~1 inch wide)
1 cork, cut in half
1 drill, to drill hole slightly smaller than hinge post in cork halves
1 ink pad
Plastic container to store the stamp (otherwise it gets messy)

Watch the video for building instructions. I tried rubber washers and the ink sticks better, but the lines were too blurry and they were too flimsy. I tried smaller washers but they were too small for the cork. So far, the large metal washers work best.
4 comments
May 7, 2009. 3:24 AMnicholasfmccarthy says:
This thing is awesome! Nice idea and massive time saver. I am really bad and ruling up the staff so this is perfect.
Apr 5, 2009. 11:50 PMmjn0829 says:
Very resourceful, very simple, very effective. Great idea.
Apr 13, 2008. 8:48 PMjoejoerowley says:
Very Cool! Nice Tip! Well Done!
Jun 25, 2008. 6:40 PMPatented says:
Thx for this!

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