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Title: First engraving project
Post by: kvom on July 06, 2010, 08:06:47 PM

I made this nameplate for a friend to give to his girlfriend, who is an elementary school teacher.  The mystery aluminum alloy was cut from a discarded Jeep skid plate.  The font is Comic Sans MS.  The CAD/CAM program I use (CamBam) can take any true-type font text and convert to polylines for g-code generation.  The font strokes were just slightly too narrrow for a 1/8" endmill to follow, so I had to use a 1/16".  Letters are .05" deep.

(http://www.pbase.com/kvom/image/126299009/large.jpg)

My friend will spray paint the plaque, then polish the non-letter surface leaving only the letters colored.

Title: Re: First engraving project
Post by: swhite on August 06, 2010, 12:01:50 AM

Looks good, what grade does she teach?

Title: Re: First engraving project
Post by: dsquire on August 06, 2010, 12:52:09 AM

kvom

I like the way that has turned out. It just about has the look of hand drawn letters rather than all crispy clean lines which I think makes it stand out. I am sure she will be impressed with it. It's not like something everyone else will have.  :ddb: :ddb:

Cheers  :beer:

Don