F engrave really is a great tool for doing simply inlays and engraving. And being free, I can afford to use it. Works outstanding with wood, but I am having some issues engraving aluminum.
I am trying to get some letters engraved, kind of like a serial number, with letters about .187 in. My problem is that my v bits are a little too wide an angle for this small a work. I am using .03 tip with a 90* angle. I can't seem to get to a useful depth and still have clean letters and numbers. Also, engraving it really cuts deep in wide lines, I am assuming because it is trying to cut the entire line in one pass with the v bit, so it has to go deep to get the proper width.
What size bit would someone suggest for small work? Is there any useful primer for a beginner on this software?
Thx
Dan