Lee Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 How do you Mirroring text in gravostyle98? For example if you engraved on a glass plaque & wanted to read the text from the other side, effectively making your engraving a negative? I have tried the Modify - transformation - horizontal mirror button but it didn't seam to do anything????? Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 You do it in the machining window don't you Lee? You have 8 different boxes with ABC in each one, all facing a different way. click one then preview it to make sure its the one you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Thank you! I'm gona make me a Bäckmans leather sole stamp, using a soldering iron, and a mirror engraved piece of metal (using Relief 14 dia font). Only problem I foresee is the iron not producing enough current to heat it. I'll let you all know if I'm successful. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldEngraver Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Lee Ref the soldering iron - have you thought about one of those pyro irons they use for scribing onto wood? ive seen artists using them to make pictures on rustic boards etc, think they get hotter than soldering irons Andy ps try mastergrave, they do pyrography kits Cat #: S7011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Thanks for that Andy, Just had a look. Much the same as a souldering iron, I will try an iron first as they are cheap as chips and I fancied having a play around tonight (if I leave it, Ill end up not doing trying to make one) It shouldn't need as much heat to burn leather as to melt soulder, but the plate on it might disperse the heat to quickly, who knows! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Cobbler Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Le Provo do an embossing plate to your own design. All details here http://www.leprevo.co.uk/embossing.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WOODY Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 hi lee i have an electric branding iron to burn my brand mark into the bottom of my woodturning, it looks much like a heavy duty soldering iron but gets much hotter, it has to heat a metal plate approx 2"x2"x 1/4". is this the sort of thing you are try to make? as for the pyrograph machine, i also have one of these which are great for burning fine detail into wood but it only heats up a thin peice of wire, although you can get heavy duty ones which will take a small cast iron brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 thanks for all your help on this one,but I made one! (just for fun really) Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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