I found another old lathe made by Stube & Fils in Paris around the year 1893. Type label was missing, so I tried to make a new one during restoration. Normally these type labels ware etched with Iron-III-Chloride - which is highly toxic.

I tried to do it without chemicals, only with electrolysis. The result is not as perfect as a professional made type label. But it matches perfectly with the antique lathe.

It took me several attempts, but at the end it was surprisingly easy. You can do this at home too. All you need is a laser printer (or a copier from a copy shop), a thin sheet of a magazine paper, a laminator (a hot iron will do, too) and a battery charger - or at least a cell hone charger.

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