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Steam Engine Name Plates
« on: November 22, 2007, 05:03:40 PM »
Hi. here is a photo of my fist project using mach3 cnc a name plate and the steam chest valve cover for a small horizontal engine.
« Last Edit: November 24, 2007, 05:55:43 PM by RobWilson »

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Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2007, 09:47:21 PM »
Nice Rob, good job. Very clean.

Brett
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Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2007, 03:44:38 AM »
Did you use cnc to make a mould and then cast it. Or did you cut it directly from the brass?
Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2007, 12:06:57 PM »
Thanks Brett .
ynneb , they were cut from solid. I made a cutter with a 0.35mm dia tip the pocket is 0.3mm deep.
Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2007, 06:09:22 PM »
Hi Rob,
Good work and exactly what I want to do.
So far without the success you have achieved.
Can you give more detail by PE if necessary.
IE which font used and software, I find some fonts wont work in LC.
Also interested in the shape of your cutter and what revs you used.

tmsmith

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Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2007, 04:15:56 AM »
Very nice job.

tmsmith,

you can get cutters from here :-

http://www.pantograph.co.uk/cutters.htm

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Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2007, 05:57:15 AM »
Thanks Graham ,thanks again for the cutter link.

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Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2007, 05:42:16 AM »
Not cut this yet as I'm waiting for a machine to be finished and some brass but this is for a friend who has a display engine that goes to shows.



Done in V Carve, awesome program.

John S.
Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2007, 07:46:35 AM »
Hi John looks excellent when do you think you will have it cut and will you post a photo?
what is the overall size?
Rob

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Re: Steam Engine Name Plates
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2007, 08:15:00 AM »
Not sure Rob, I have two machines here but both are having mods done to them.
Hopefully towards the end of the week.

Here's a silly one that I did a while ago, again with V Carve.



Raised text and internal radii at the corners, note the gg's for the clarity of engraving, all down to V Carve.
Most of these are just examples that I do for the sample board we take to shows and are not actual jobs as such.



Again note the sharp internal corners

John S.