First engraving project

[kvom]

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.



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

[swhite]

Looks good, what grade does she teach?

[dsquire]

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. 

Cheers 

Don