Forest Cobbler 131 Report post Posted October 12, 2018 Out of interest, which would you use for engraving a nickel plated base band, a cutter or a diamond? Some of them are so hard that it's difficult to get a mark on them with a rotating diamond and I'm wondering whether a really narrow super sharp cutter is the way to go. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael 310 Report post Posted October 13, 2018 I've started using a diamond rotated but cut the feed rate down to 0.2 or 0.3. Seems to dig a little deeper. 4 Forest Cobbler, Tricolourblade, Mick Friend and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forest Cobbler 131 Report post Posted October 13, 2018 Oh wow. So it does. That is going to save so much time and aggravation. Thank you 1 Mick Friend reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forest Cobbler 131 Report post Posted November 23, 2018 On 10/13/2018 at 8:51 AM, Michael said: I've started using a diamond rotated but cut the feed rate down to 0.2 or 0.3. Seems to dig a little deeper. Michael, I just wanted to thank you again for this tip. You have no idea how many times I have altered the feed rate to .2 now, on so many different items too. Even on a coated Cross pen when I didn't want to turn the motor on, just slowing the whole thing down meant that the diamond cut through much more cleanly. 3 Mick Friend, keithm and Michael reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
