DYMO 1570: The Cadillac of Label Makers
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- The DYMO 1570 is a fantastic embossing label maker that was built as early as 1960, and there are a ton of them still out there making great labels to this day.
Today I take a look at my newly purchased DYMO 1570, disassemble it, fix some minor issues, and reconstruct it. It was great getting this timeless tool back up and running at full functionality.
Hope you enjoy!
Another teardown of the DYMO 1570 that helped me along my way:
• A Tale (Teardown) of T...
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I enjoyed the video, but the music is extremely loud and drowns out your voice.
Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it
I'd like to add that the choice of music didn't really suit the video in my personal opinion :D
Was fine as intro but try just cutting it out after that!
Intro was great but maybe should have quieted a little.
However I will say.
PLEASE.
PLLEEEEASSE.
Do not just make the music nearly inaudible whisper. Either make it present or don’t put music.
@@L0opI actually loved the music itself. Unique but very good. RUclips stupid “chill beats” can die
This is the same one I have! I picked it up at my local thrift store. My boyfriend said 'do you need that? you already have a label maker'. Clearly he needs to watch this video
Great find at the thrift store! Let me know if he becomes a convert 😆
Me too! My favorite thrift store find ever!
One word: P-Touch. You can thank me later.
@@dannyo3317 I have a p-touch as well! No use having just one label maker
@@dannyo3317 Bold of you to assume I don't already own a P-Touch 😜
Remember when stuff was actually made of stuff? Gosh I do miss well engineered anything.
There is something so satisfying that all well built things share!
@@ExercisingIngenuity and the surprising simplicity of internals.
Parts made to last, and if they did break you knew there were parts available.
Now I can't even fix my toaster, because they're not made too.
Ah, the glory of capitalism. Who needs things that are good when you can keep buying things that suck?
We have a lasting shell and now we even can Replikate the plastics if need be
@@allisongross2946 there's a video by 'fern.' about Superfest glass. Fascinating watch.
TLDR the glassware was so strong it didn't sell at all because sales people want planned obsolescence.
I went to local a Walmart yesterday.
In one of the aisles, I saw them - the labelmakers. There was I variety of them, mostly electronic ones, but this thing caught my eyes. It prints labels with the style. Slow. With only 1 font available. But the letters are protruding and look so 60s!
This is exactly what I want.
Louder dialog - softer music. Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it. Will try and adjust accordingly on the next one 👍
I just managed to grab one of these at my local trash and treasure market for $10. Its honestly now my favorite label maker
Very cool! I remember that we had one of these a bank I worked at when I was in my late teens. Honestly, I haven’t even thought about the device in decades, even though I’ve always owned some kind of label maker (mostly label printers connected to PCs). I’m not old enough for something like this to have been new when I had just started working, so it must have already have been 10 years old or more.
Strange that an ancient label maker can evoke a sense of nostalgia…
Sometimes objects can hold a surprisingly powerful place in our memories can't they? Even if you haven't thought about them in years.
I use mine at work at least once a week. I like it because it is FAST to use. Way faster than dragging out an electronic one, changing tape and battery. These just work.
this is so cool. i had a similar model as a kid. damn now i guess i have to buy one because nostalgia.
Nostalgia is a powerful force!
I bought one of these off marketplace, and loved it so much I bought another from ebay! The best part about these are the exchangeable wheels. you can get different type faces and replacement wheels if any of the letters break.
Yes! I would like to get my hands on some of the alternate wheels
I am mildly alarmed the algorithm knows the label maker I have in my desk at work and have never mentioned to anyone
Not that I have ever put a lot of thought into these - let's call em "Analogue" - Label Makers but it just dawned onto me that unlike modern "Digital" ones these seem to work on the principle of Stress Marking the Medium, huh? 🤔 Like when you bend a piece of colored plastic, and the bend turns white 🤨
Yup :)
Exactly! Simple yet effective
It is a fantastic feeling. If had any less impulse control I would spend all my money on tape and just fill my house from floor to ceiling with gibberish.
Yes, exercising restraint in labeling is a never ending struggle 😂
Call them mechanical, because that's what they are.
Analogue is a term from another field of engineering. "Analog" usually refers to electronics based on a continuously variable signal, wich is used to capture, store and transmit media, as opposed to digital (electronics), wich uses a two-state-signal to create logical cirquits.
A grammophone record is mechanical.
A magnetic tape is analogue, and an mp3 file is digital.
I love label makers. Especially the old ones. They look like scifi lazer pistols. There are even different font wheels, but those are difficult to source these days.
Yes, it would be cool to get some of the alternative wheels
i liked how the final music flourish was lined up with the click of the final piece going into place. made me smile!
Glad someone enjoyed that!
Those labels are so classic looking, too! I can tell I've seen them in old movies before, or on some old beige filing cabinet who-knows-where..
I can imagine a manila envelope from the 1960s with a label like this on it saying TOP SECRET
They definitely have their own style for sure! It's a distinctive look
They're on the filing cabinet with your grandfather's high school transcript
6:06 you left the peel tab on there lol. That little score mark is where you're supposed to fold and break the tape to make peeling easier
I have one just like it! It was given from our mailroom guy and I've kept it since and keep getting refills. It has been the best label maker and just consistance. If you have other wheels or custom ones it really can still label into the future. I'd have to believe mine has been used for decades, being in publishing.
Probably used pretty constantly too in a mail room I would think?
Thumbs up for the acordeón
Glad you liked it!
This would make a crazy sci-fi weapon
It does have that feel to it, the embossing wheel even feels like a clip you can reload 😆
got it. Now i need one
I remember seeing a version for printing onto bubble gum strips. I probably could find it online if I look hard enough.
OMG I have one of these!!! Retro Labels are the best!
Looks futuristic yet vintage at the same time
such a good label maker
I had no idea the wheel could come off !
Thanks for the video.
No problem! Glad you enjoyed it!
You're a man who knows good tools.
Got that PicQuic screwdriver!
I love my PicQuic!
@@ExercisingIngenuity I bought one in 2004. It still works.
I emailed them this year, asking to buy new bits, as mine were a little stripped after 20 years.
They sent a whole new screwdriver. So I moved the new b its into the old handle, as you can NOT get the 6 Pack Plus in the aquamarine see through anymore.
(BTW PicQuic are built in BC! Also, it's a million times better than the LTT screwdriver.)
i had the same problem with mine! clearing out the old label-scraps helped, but I neglected to sharpen the blades. thank you for documenting this process in a beautiful way, love the eames-energy
Interesting that it seems to be a reoccurring problem with these old label makers. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Can you post the two hour video footage with detailed tear down and reassembly please? Thanks! I don't own one, or plant to, but I want to watch the process.
I could definitely do a more detailed tear down and reassembly if people are interested in it!
It's hard to tell, but I don't think the cutter is working quite right. What you should end up with is a partial cut through the thick plastic but _not_ the backing strip, then about 2mm further along, a full cut through the tape. What you end up with is a little tab at the end of your label that you can grab to peel off the backing tape. You can see this a bit at the start of the video - the first blade has cut the plastic but left the backing. The other blade wasn't working at all.
You're right, I didn't show this very well in the test, but after the repair it was doing the double cut with the tab to allow easy backing removal 👍
Thank you! This device looks like a prop from a sci-fi movie! And furthermore, this kind of label makes it possible to „feel“ the letters. Very handy in case your eyes are compromised…
Smart alleck alert: You can reinforce a super glue joint with backing soda…
Nice WE to all!
Loved the tango!
Glad someone enjoyed it!
Love these things! Although I really wish they had the hyphen character. I think some models do, but mine doesn't, so I made my own hyphen key out of a stapler
Yes, a little more punctuation would be nice
Not cutting through the label + tape is the whole idea. It makes peeling the tape off the label *much* easier.
My own Dymo labeller (which I bought in approx. the late 1970s and I still use) does exactly the same.
My understanding is that one blade cuts completely through, the other cuts partly through. As you said it makes it much easier to remove the backing. On this dymo neither blade cut completely through, so you could not disconnect the label from the tape inside the label maker. Amazing you still have one from the 70s!
I scored a complete 1550 kit off ebay last year. It's amazing! i went with the 1550 because it can take the 3/8 and 1/4 label tape. i also got 3 font discs with it. thanks for the rebuild video, i should probably grease mine
Sounds like you scored a great find! The 1550 is pretty similar I believe, is nice to have the multiple wheels
@@ExercisingIngenuity I believe all of it is the same except the tape guide. I’ll let you know if I ever get around to cracking it open!
I have a feeling that the reason the blades where so impacted with tape remnants is that the blades fell out of adjustment. The inboard blade is supposed to fully cut the tape, while the outboard blade is only supposed to score the label tape while leaving the peel away backing intact... in essence creating a tear away tab that you pull to easily separate the backing. If you do not have that tiny scored pull tab at the end, then that section is collecting in the blades and will eventually clog them again. Tape is supposed to look like this:
_________________________
| Text on Tape : | With the colon signifying the score that creates the pull tab.
------------------------------------
Hope that makes sense.
I can barely hear you
should have made the music louder i could almost hear what you were trying to say. 😂
finally, some quality content on this website
I have an M-22 and it's one of my most valued possessions.
Nice! The M-22 is a serious beast, a real grandaddy of label makers
Yo this was tons of fun to watch thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Those blades look like the ones inside pencil sharpeners, so you might be able to get cheap replacement blades that way and be able to avoid having to resharpen the existing blades
That's a great idea! That would be fantastic if they happened to fit!
I've seen industrial Dymo labels that are made of brass sheet. I don't know which label maker is supposed to be used to make them, but the tape is still available. Always wondered about that because those brass labels are awesome.
A few years ago I was going through some of my late Grandfathers stuff, mainly looking for tools and found one of these. It's excellent, I was wondering what era it was from but the design made me think 60s. Seems very high quality and still works perfectly, nice and simple.
That's an awesome heirloom!
Wow, I used to have one of those.
The music was not that loud... I liked the choice. Especially the Tango at the end. You want a "steady" partner in this situation. Very fitting piece. What a tank of equipment, I want one NOW. I only have the tiny, blue "Junior" one... do you think I can "tango" with it? It is throwing crayons at me. Great vid!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the feedback!
Ni hao Lidda Mason ! Yes, we enjoyed it very much so! From us. 💛
This is the way things should be made. Thanks so much for documenting this piece of history - and like others have said, your background music is a touch too loud compared to your narration, but that aside? Incredible pacing and composition.
Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it. I wish there was a way to upload a new audio track, but alas
I have one of these inherited from my grandfather and honestly my only complaint is that the labels tend to pop off of stuff due to the rigidity of the plastic, so I have to also tape them down with clear packing tape. Might just be because the tapes I have are from the 1980s though...
Just bought the same exact one brand new in box at theft store for $15 dollars i feel lucky😊
That's an awesome find!
it has a guardian spring which is ready to make all the bits fly.
Interesting. You can even tell it's made in a way to be serviceable. I wonder if Dymo would have sold spare parts for it.
I hope you make alot of nice labels man
I feel so stupid for saying this but seeing these as an adult makes me think of Dexter's Laboratory. Where they were used as weapons. ^^
Hahahaha, never watched Dexter's Laboratory, but they do have a good sci-fi weapon look to them
Cool video.
My dad had one of those!, now I have a plastic one
The plastic one can't be all bad!
@@ExercisingIngenuity So is the shell of this one actually metal ?
Yes! The external shell is all metal chrome steel
It's got some heft
@@ExercisingIngenuity Thank you, very cool. I like these old label makers, of course I had to go start looking for some of them, but wasn't sure
A little bit of scuffing in the brake and a dap of baking soda might have strengthened it. But that might be a trick to do if it brakes again.
Nice! Keep the good work!
Thank you!
I have the modern analog version of a dymo, and adding a screen and making them digital is really only a gimmick to inflate the price. Even the plastic version is really sturdy, and as fast or faster as the digital counterpart for a fraction of the cost
Cool! Is it the DYMO Organizer Xpress, or a different one?
@@ExercisingIngenuity the organizer Xpress indeed, it's ugly, looks cheap, and the spacing at the beginning and end of the label aren't equal (I think it's a factory defect with just mine, I add an space at the end to equilibrate it) but it is working as the first day after a LOT of uses
I mean, the digital printer ones has the advantage to pre-view the text before printing, and you may print as many copies as you like of the text.
I can imagine many a librarian and archive worker who wore out their wrists printing labels on these things for days on end.
I love the classic Dymo labels, but I respect the company for making the transition into the modern era, while still selling the old school label strips.
about 5 days from seeing this video i now own one, I'd be £30 richer if i didn't come across this video 😆
Congratulations on your new label maker! 🎉 Apologies to your pocket book
"Built like a tank" opens up the thing to reveal that all of the internals made of flimsy plastic that's broken in several places.
Kind of like a tank, the outside is the most robust bit 🤔
@@ExercisingIngenuityThat's very true'
After so many years? Nothing lasts forever, but at least Dymo tried to engineer it to last. Sometimes plastic is the best for a purpose. Metal would eventually bend and/ or shear, ceramic would shatter upon impact. Plastic can be flexible and dent-resisting. Not every kind is brittle.
Wonder if manufacturers addressed the build up between the blades and maybe incorporated a way on later versions to clear it out without a teardown
Nice one dude. New subscriber ✌🏻
Thanks, glad to have you on board!
Please keep making videos.
I'm planning on it! Stay tuned!
you have something good going on here. Listen to the feedback regarding audio, and it will be great.
Thank you! Happy you enjoyed it. Working on the audio 👍
i love mine
Bought a plastic modern Dymo crap to make those old school labels. Letters are not aligned, feels cheap. I now need this vintage one!
good video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Nice Gem !
How the Wheel is inserted .. For me it looks like there were optional Wheels available .. ?
Yes! There were a variety of embossing wheels available for these label makers. Lower case, upper case, and some specialty ones as well I believe
@@ExercisingIngenuity Thanks ! .. the good old Times 😉
beautifully made vid bud
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
the cutting blades look just like the blades on pencil sharpners.
Cool video. Do you know about mixing super glue and baking soda for filling and fixing stuff? It might be useful for reenforcing the broken plastic in that machine, and you can do lots more with it.
Actually I've heard of this, but I've never put it to use! I will have to experiment with it
@@ExercisingIngenuity it of course works, but its somewhat brittle, no? I would generally go for epoxy if I really want it to hold up for a long time,
That looks like a thermoplastic (as opposed to thermoset), which means it can easily be welded back together rather than using glue. A soldering iron works great for this, but there are also specialised tools and filler rods.
The end result can sometimes be a little ugly, but it will be as strong as new.
The soldering iron can be Baking soda and super glue works like magic. It becomes even harder than most epoxies I have come across. (But maybe somewhat brittle?)
It is perfect for really tiny repairs, but it requires a bit of practice to get a feel for it. The mix will harden so fast, literally within a second or two, so that you will get your super glue bottle stuck to the thing if you don't plan out how to go about the repair.
I usually make a tiny little spatula out of a match, and use it to apply a little baking soda, then a drop of glue on another match or toothpick, wich you lightly touch to the powder. Repeat if necessary.
If you use too much baking soda, it will harden before the glue has had time to soak through all of the powder.
If you even touch the powder with the glue spout, it will often mess up the rest of that bottle.
If you need further re-inforcement, wrap your thing with sowing thread or dental floss before applying super glue. Floss can be split down into even tinyer fibres if necessary.
@@JH-lo9ut Just use an activator spray instead of baking soda. It has the same result, and you can apply the glue as a liquid instead.
I have a plastic 1595 that I bought because it had embossing wheels for Japanese hiragana and katakana, the lid has stopped staying closed and now I'm wondering if I need a vintage upgrade 👀
Too bad you're having issues with the lid, perhaps it's repairable? Any idea if the embossing wheels are interchangeable? That would be nice.
I love these from a design and aesthetic perspective, but you can claw my USB label maker from my cold dead hands. 😉
How possible would it be to 3d print your own letter disk (or whatever you would call it) to have different fonts, or symbols, or whatever?
I've thought about it! The letters on the embossing wheel are small enough it might be difficult with a regular 0.4mm nozzle FDM printer. But it's in the realm of possibility I think
It would be great if you could at least scan the plastic components to reproduce as needed.
I have thought about if it would be possible to replace the internals with 3D printed parts
@@ExercisingIngenuity as long as the scan and print resolution is high, and the filament material is appropriate......😊👍
I think that's a feature. It reduces Waste.
I've got one of these, but the issue I have now is that all the labels I have for it are losing their adhesiveness. Having to cover self-adhesive tape with clear tape kind of defeats the purpose...
Same here. I do have some that still stick, but most don't.
Hmmm, interesting to know this happens eventually. Are you using original tape, or one of the various embossing tapes you can get on Amazon and elsewhere?
@@ExercisingIngenuity Six of one half a dozen of the other. I'm not even sure which ones still work. Maybe none, It's been another 5 years since I tried
I have a similar one, all plastic body, but can't recall the model number. The tape advance mechanism and also the embossing isn't super great anymore. Maybe I should open it up.
I bought some third party tape and it really didn't like that. Original stuff was OK, but still didn't emboss as nice as it used to.
The music is fine for scenes where there’s no dialog or background noise, or like where you show the cutting blades…just duck the levels more so it’s faint.
If you learned how the inside of that alphabet cartridge worked, you could probably design a custom symbol cartridge that could be 3D printed.
I had this exact same thought! Might try doing just this in the future
@@ExercisingIngenuity excellent! I hope I get to see that project in the future.
Interesting video, thanks. Bummer about the annoying music, however.
We had one in the 80s but it was made of plastic.
Re do the editing with quieter music, please!!!
cool
Can you still get the label tape???? I still have my label tool. Mine is the plastic body one like a pistol shape. It is from the early 70s. It would be nice to use it again. Not sure if the tape I have from that era is still sticky.
this video is scored like its an episode of kitchen nightmares
Hi what kind of tape does this "Cadillac" uses?
I've seen pictures from inside cold war-era fighter jets where the instruments are labelled with Dymo labels.
We laugh at how over-engineered this thing is but it was meant for serious professional work.
I would guess most young people only know these things as a kind of gimmick.
Reading this I could immediately recall seeing instrument labels on aircraft and images of aircraft in the past! Definitely an integral part of that aesthetic
Can you still get the label "Tape" for it? Fun fact: A version of this is used by and for blind folks to make braille labels
You can! Modern embossing label tape works with it, dymo brand and others. Braille is definitely a great use case for embossed tapes.
So is the one I buy to give to my help to use?
I have a super cheap Chinese label maker I got from Temu that works like this. I use the word "works" lightly, as it doesn't... Like, at all.
That's what you get buying dropshipped plastic trash lol
We had one of these! They're great until the adhesive on the label fails. The labels always have some curl to them, so when the glue gives, they love popping off 😅
What brand would you consider the Ford "Pinto" of labelers?
Haha, good question. I think a reliability rating system based on well known cars would be fairly effective actually
Like these classic labels! Can you still buy the actual labels?
They are still widely available. I saw them at Staples the other week.
i have one
So you can still get tape for this?
You can! DYMO has a modern embossing label maker called the DYMO XPress, and the tape works with the old label makers. There are also a variety of various width embossing tapes available on Amazon
"Built like a streetcar" Yeah, a Chrysler from the 80s
Pencil sharpener blades
WHAT DID HE SAY?! I cant hear anything over this music!
Thanks for the feedback. Several people have said it's too loud. Will aim to get a better balance on the next one 👍
cadillac of something means really old, outdated, and not the best looking right?