Stainless steel plates

[TITs]

Im sure someone told me already but i am looking for a supplier of Small Stainless steel Biz card sized plates to attach to steel gates ,park benches, planters ect ect for a metal working company.

 

Thank you

[kobblers]

novachrome tits.

they do 'em for the sublimating although i can't see any reason why they can't be engraved.

[TITs]

Thanks for that , I wonder if the dye sub one are more expensive due to the polyester finish ?

 

The customer is also looking for hammer in Rivet style fixings, any ideas anyone ?

[kobblers]

yeah, any shoe repair supplier lol

www.leprevo.com

[TITs]

Right, Got the sample metals from Engravamet, very helpful in deed, Now its time to engrave it !

 

Whats the best speed and cutter bit for Stainless to get a nice deep cut rather than the rather half baked " Sctratched finnish" I normally get from using the drag diamond and motor on at full speed ?

 

1. What cutter

2. what speed

3. how deep to set the software

 

Thanks in advance to any one who can tell me

[ANDY]

for stainless i would use a cutter ground to 90 degrees, also gravograph supply a double cone engraving insert or various carbide cutter options.

 

speed should be slow to protect the cutter otherwise it may snap or go blunt before you finish the job, if there are going to be lots of plates you should get a few cutters as they don't last long on stainless.

 

you may also want to engrave them in a few steps getting deeper as you go again to protect the cutters

 

hope this helps

[TITs]

Thanks for that Andy, How slow ? are we talking Low, mid or high ?

[ANDY]

i used to do a lot of stainless lift panels on a manual machine. top rpm & slow and easy movement won the race with those. let us know how you get on. try not to get swarf in your eye, i did and the hospital had to pop it out to clean it

[Gravograph_John]

Right, Got the sample metals from Engravamet, very helpful in deed, Now its time to engrave it !

 

Whats the best speed and cutter bit for Stainless to get a nice deep cut rather than the rather half baked " Sctratched finnish" I normally get from using the drag diamond and motor on at full speed ?

 

1. What cutter

2. what speed

3. how deep to set the software

 

Thanks in advance to any one who can tell me

 

Also if you are using a depth nose to control the depth, i would recommed purchasing a nylon depth nose which will stop any kind of scratching you might get from a metal one.

[ironplanet uk900]

 

Also if you are using a depth nose to control the depth, i would recommed purchasing a nylon depth nose which will stop any kind of scratching you might get from a metal one.

 

Although the nylon nose cone would help, It doesn't eliminate scratches, as the cone still drags swarf inbetween the cone and the job.

[CotswoldEngraver]

I too have been asked to engrave some stainless steel plates with black paint infill.

I was wondering about lubrication for the cutter and subsiquent cleanup prior to painting?

what lubricant and cleaner/degreaser should i be using

[Guest Iain Cheall]

I don't use a nose cone for anything, I just z the cutter down close and loosen the screw and gently tap the cutter onto the surface. I then tighten the screw and engrave away.

 

No ghosting on my jobs whatever the marerial

[ANDY]

i use a mixture of half white spirit half motor oil, then clean off in an old ice cream tub with cellulose thinners before filling.