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engraving initials in stabilized wood
Hey gang,
I need to engrave some initials into some stabilized wood handles. It doesn't have to be overly fancy or "professional" however I am obviously looking to do a good job. I suspect I can use the Dremmel with a little diamond bit or perhaps scratch them in... Can you guys provide any recommendations I can stew over? Thanks, Jerid |
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Hi Jerid,
There are many ways to do this. A couple of ideas if you're not up to speed on the layout of lettering. A trophy shop could put on the letters in an outline style of font and put an outline oval around them. You could then go round them with a bur in your rotary tool and relieve the area between the letters and the oval to give you raised initials. You can also put the letters on using dry rub-on transfer letters, lightly cut the outline in with an exacto knife and then do your thing with a rotary tool. If you use a rotary to relieve the background take the smallest bur, an old one and sharpen the teeth end down to almost a three sided needle point. About 10-12 thou. on the end. This will cut like crazy but be sure to keep the end centered when you grind it. You can texture the relief background with a texture punch or stipple or use a dot punch or even a small nail set. Try all this a a practice piece first, of course. Best of luck with your project. John. |
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Useing a high speed handpiece is about the only way to do it properly. Just my two cents worth.
Curtis Wilson __________________ Curtis Wilson Wilson's Custom Knives, Engraving, and Scrimshaw |
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Thanks guys...
John, you are right... I hadn't thought of that. It's a great idea but I think it will be overkill for what I need to do.. I am definitely going to give it a try soon though. Curtis, when you say high speed handpiece are you referring to a dremmel or similar rotary tool? Thanks, Jerid |
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Jerid, It's like a dental handpiece, travels around 400,000 to 500,000 RPM.
They are around $250 to $350 and up. But it is well worth the price as you can do a lot more with it; Scrimshaw, Carve, Engrave (Bulino style, and deep relief). There are some other electric handpiece carvers that start at around $150 to $175 (they run around 5,000 to 35,000 RPM). Hope that this helps. If you want to talk further contact me at: (817) 676-2105 cell Phone. Curtis Wilson __________________ Curtis Wilson Wilson's Custom Knives, Engraving, and Scrimshaw |
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