Engraving help

[Ian Leach]

I've been asked to engrave a few memorial plaques, house numbers etc etc. I was wondering what machines people use, other than doing it by hand which is what I've been doing. I've looked on the Trend website at the letter and number template you can get for the router, anyone used one?? any good??.

What would you recommend?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Ian

[Ian Leach]

Anyone ? Looks like I'll stick to doing it by hand

 

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[Mike Dempsey]

Hi Ian

 

I use my laser engraver to do engraving on wood. You can take a look at some pics on my website to get a better idea home page

 

 

Mike

[Ian Leach]

Nice website by the way Mike:thumbup:, looks very nice, how easy is it to use one and how expensive are the machines ?

 

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[Guss109]

Mike nice site and would be interested in a price for business cards pls

[Mike Dempsey]

Hi Ian

 

Mike is a special industrial machine and cost 13.5k +vat when new. I was lucky to be able to pick it up for 3k. You have to have a very good understanding of graphics software such as corel drawetc which can be a bit of a steep curve to learn. I've been using it for 6 years now and I am still learning. A lot of the work I do for the whisky industry which is fiercely competetive and I cant put up photos on here or my website due to client confidentiality.

You can pick up lasers now for about 1k but these are chinese crap and they use their own modified versions of standard graphic software (needless to say that is crap as well)

The business cards are 50p each. I make them from local milled beech and they definetly have the wow factor. People hang on to them and pass them around to show their friends because they are so unusual. Apart from the whisky work most of my new clients come from being shown one of my cards.

 

Mike

[Ian Leach]

That answers my second question , don't buy the Chinese crap . Looks like back to the drawing board

[davetaz]

I have done a bit of lettering/sign writing with a router. Just takes a bit of practice. This is in elm, later sanded and lettering painted

[Ian Leach]

That what I'm edging towards, trend do a letter and number kit I might go for.

[tree monkey]

Hi Ian

 

Mike is a special industrial machine and cost 13.5k +vat when new. I was lucky to be able to pick it up for 3k. You have to have a very good understanding of graphics software such as corel drawetc which can be a bit of a steep curve to learn. I've been using it for 6 years now and I am still learning. A lot of the work I do for the whisky industry which is fiercely competetive and I cant put up photos on here or my website due to client confidentiality.

You can pick up lasers now for about 1k but these are chinese crap and they use their own modified versions of standard graphic software (needless to say that is crap as well)

The business cards are 50p each. I make them from local milled beech and they definetly have the wow factor. People hang on to them and pass them around to show their friends because they are so unusual. Apart from the whisky work most of my new clients come from being shown one of my cards.

 

Mike

 

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