Thread: An aluminium plaque/sign

Nice job Greg. The font works in the context of the sign so you can make out what it says. If it was used elsewhere I can see it might be hard to read what it says.

Did you use paint to highlight the blacknight and the border?

John

No I just rubbed it all down with fine steel wool to get off the burrs. That sort of left a bit of black residue in the grooves.

I guess if it was cleaned down with some solvent it might get rid of that.

Greg

Classy and I agree with John it sits well with the theme. Reminds me a bit of the written "Holden" badge on the old FC's onwards.

I do a lot of ally and a few brass plaques (?) and will try to finish it before I start. Now allowing for my hiberian sense of humor what I am saying is polish the ally plate before you engrave. It is a lot easier and you do not round the edges of the engraving.
If you are going to colour it then the paint comes off a lot easier as well. Use an artists brush and air to remove the swarf after engraving.

Another method I have recently discovered it to put a very fine sanding disc in a random orbital sander and then hit it with that after you have finished engraving and colouring. Again this process stops rounding the edges of the engraving. The random orbital action gives a very good semi matt finish.

Hope the young fellah likes it and he does well in his new venture.

Looks really good