Thank you very much for the kind comments.
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Looks nice, selling any? just in time too cause the ones over AMB sold out a few days ago.
I might sell in the future, if I can make them at least twice faster. This was a first try and took just too long time, I guess around 7 hrs for one panel, not including the ones that went to scrap
. Let's see how the rear panel works out... and the next gamma2 I'm going to build soon.
I sent price request to at least 3 CNC shops here, but after 3 weeks none of them has answered about doing the panels for me. Drilling and filing took more than half of the time and it still isn't as good as I'd like it to be.
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Great work, Viljo! Would you mind sharing tips on how to engrave metal by hand? I wouldn't mind trying it on a few of my projects.
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WOW! Very nice engraving vilts! A tutorial on this dying art would be an interesting thread to follow.
Well, I could write pages about this
But first off I must say that (script) lettering is one of the hard(est) things to get right in engraving, because everybody knows how a letter should look like and mistakes are really easy to spot, especially in roman or block letters.
Tools - there's a way to do engraving very cheaply with hand push graver and small loupe, or with air assisted graver, microscope and whatnot. I use the second method, it's much faster, easier to learn etc. But it will hurt your wallet.
However, if you do decide to start engraving, then the absolute best way would be to take 1 week basic class. Yes, it costs, but it'll cut the learning curve shorter by few years.
A while ago I made short video about engraving a Zippo, maybe this will help to get an idea of the process:
http://www.youtube.com/vilts#p/u/7/8VS9k00pHtM. Back in 2007 when I started the engraving I made this post about process:
http://www.knivesandengraving.com/2007/08/engraving-process/, pretty old and crappy engraving, but you'll get the idea
balderon, hand engraving is actually having a renaissance now. There are new schools, tools, forums, books and a lot of interest in it. The work produced now is the best ever, if you see the high-end guns you just have to be careful not to drop your jaw too often.
