No problem, I'll send them out today. Betsy At 12:54 AM 10/8/2009, you wrote: > > >Dear Betsy, > >Thanks very much! My address is: > >Bill Benson >612 Francis Place >St. Louis, MO 63105 > >Free matter is great. > >Thanks again. > >Bill >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betsy Whitney >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:55 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tough braillable materials? > >Aloha Bill, >I have enough to send some to both of you. What is your mailing >address? And, since the material has braille on it, and I assume that >we are both blind, may I send it Free Matter? >Betsy >At 03:30 PM 10/7/2009, you wrote: > > > > > >Dear Betsy, > > > >If Matt does not want these, I would love to have them. > > > >Bill Benson > >e-mail: > <mailto:billben%40sbcglobal.net><mailto:billben%40sbcglobal.net>[email protected] > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Betsy Whitney > >To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:28 AM > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tough braillable materials? > > > >Aloha Matt, > >They still make braillables which are those sticky backed sheets, but > >when the backing is removed, they aren't as durable as the thin > >thermoform paper. However, I do have some heavy clear plastic > >material that I use to make covers for the documents that my company > >produces. I buy them from a company called > >Southwest Plastics, but if all you want is 25 or so of them, I have > >some that have 1 line of braille on them that were errors. They > >measure 8-1/2 by 11, or 9 by 11. > >They are all 19 hole punched along one long side. I use a paper > >cutter to make 3 by 5 and 4 by 6 cards for addresses and the like > >that I really want to keep, but I have more than I need. > >I use a good-old-fashioned braille writer to braille them. > >Betsy > > > >At 04:14 AM 10/7/2009, you wrote: > > > > > >What is out there which we can stick in an old perkin's brailler and > > >achieve a tough, durable copy of something? > > >I was thinking of brailling out measurements and stuff for things I > > >make and storing them out in my shop to refer too? > > >Thermoform paper rips too easy for my liking. > > >Do they still have the old sticky plastic paper, which used to come > > >in sheets with plastic backing? > > >Where can I get something good which will last? > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >Matt > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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