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Thread: Engraving - decent looking stuff
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11th Apr 2012, 10:18 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Engraving - decent looking stuff
Does anyone do engraving on metal. I have a ongoing need for engraving on small metal plates. I guess what I'm after is closest to one of those engraved plaques on a sports trophy, or maybe engraving on a gift pen etc. I'm talking hand engraving, not computer or etched etc. I want it to look hand-engraved, but I want it to look quality.
Currently I'm betting mediocre results with a dremel and engraving bits, but I really dont think a rotary tool is going to give me the results I want. I've been doing research on the web, but the knowledge is coming slowly.
Just like to hear what others have done.
ps. I have seen Grazianos posts from 2010. I'm after something, quicker, simpler and more hand-done looking.
cheers
Arron
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11th Apr 2012, 10:25 PM #2
Hi Aaron,
Have a talk to Peter McBride, he posts on the forum as Lightwood, he does beautiful engraving.
Peter McBride Goldsmith Jeweller
Regards
Ray
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11th Apr 2012, 11:38 PM #3
Hi Arron,
A friend of mine owns a shoe repair place and also does engraving. Its the best hand done stuff i have ever seen.
He uses a rotary tool and pair of magnifying glasses. His big trick though is he rolls blue tack on the job first, then dusts this with talc. He then uses a bamboo skewer made into a sort of marking gauge to mark lines to engrave between, and then marks out all of his writing. Just guessing each letter would take him 5-10 seconds to engrave. The tips he uses are pretty small, and i imagine the the rpm pretty high.
Hope that helps,
Good luck
Ewan
Haha, just remembered, my letter opener is engraved by him....On first glance there is no chatter at all, but looking closely you can see a bit here and there, but i'm guessing its pretty soft whatever its made from (probably cucumber alloy) The heaviest cuts would be about .5mm wide. I'd say the tip would be not much more.
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11th Apr 2012, 11:48 PM #4Intermediate Member
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12th Apr 2012, 12:51 AM #5Diamond Member
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When I was a kid, my old dentist used to engrave with one of his old dental drills. I'm not sure, but it may have been the type which used steel belts like that curtain spring material that they use with sheer curtains - not the modern turbine powered variety. As I recall he said that the cutters (dental drills) were diamond tools. He did a good job doing stuff for himself, but you would need to get a quote first, in case your dentist charges the same as when he's fixing your teeth.
Rob.
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12th Apr 2012, 07:38 PM #6Intermediate Member
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12th Apr 2012, 09:34 PM #7
No, i think its just for marking out. You could just use blue but i guess its just the way he does it. Thinking about it and what Rob said, i think he must use diamond as he does alot of glass, he is the only guy i have ever heard of that will engrave unopened champagne bottles. Now thats working on the edge.....
Ewan