Tracey Bakewell
07-12-2007, 10:06 AM
Hi everyone...
Well, I've been given yet another mystery medal to engrave a name on. It is very similar to another medal I was given and it engraved just fine. The other medal wasn't as critical, didn't require cermark as the laser just removed the finish and exposed the cheap grey material underneath so there was a nice contrast. This new medal is a very heavy luggage tag that a local Country Club provides all it's guests (they currently print a name out on a tape and tape it to it!!! -- Ak!)
It looks just like a medal... I've been pondering my options as I don't really have much area to experiment on:
1. Tape it, then engrave out the tape, and engrave the surface off under the tape. If I find there is not enough contrast, then apply a oxidizer???
2. Same as above, apply cermark instead of the oxidizer, and run laser over cermark???
3. There is an area off the center where I could remove an entire rectangle and remove the entire surface area of the medal, then cermark, and run laser (no tape needed on this one)
Any other options? It's just frustrating because I don't know what's the outer most coating on this thing. I'll grab my camera and attach pictures this morning, I'll also include a pic of the older cheaper medals I did.
I've been very successful with Chrome and Brass (thanks to the help of those in this forum!) so I'm not worried about the ability to mark metal, just the best approach I should have with this one since I can't really test much of the surface areas.
Thanks all!
Tracey
Well, I've been given yet another mystery medal to engrave a name on. It is very similar to another medal I was given and it engraved just fine. The other medal wasn't as critical, didn't require cermark as the laser just removed the finish and exposed the cheap grey material underneath so there was a nice contrast. This new medal is a very heavy luggage tag that a local Country Club provides all it's guests (they currently print a name out on a tape and tape it to it!!! -- Ak!)
It looks just like a medal... I've been pondering my options as I don't really have much area to experiment on:
1. Tape it, then engrave out the tape, and engrave the surface off under the tape. If I find there is not enough contrast, then apply a oxidizer???
2. Same as above, apply cermark instead of the oxidizer, and run laser over cermark???
3. There is an area off the center where I could remove an entire rectangle and remove the entire surface area of the medal, then cermark, and run laser (no tape needed on this one)
Any other options? It's just frustrating because I don't know what's the outer most coating on this thing. I'll grab my camera and attach pictures this morning, I'll also include a pic of the older cheaper medals I did.
I've been very successful with Chrome and Brass (thanks to the help of those in this forum!) so I'm not worried about the ability to mark metal, just the best approach I should have with this one since I can't really test much of the surface areas.
Thanks all!
Tracey