Subject: How to make small brass plaques?

From: [email-masked] (Jhko)
Date: 3 May 1996 01:56:36 -0400

Hi Fellow Metal Heads:

I've been wanting to make some small brass plaques (about 1x2") to label
model engines, etc. Any good ideas on how to make these? The text has to
be pretty small, so engraving doesn't seem to be a great solution.
Somehow, it seems that I should be able to output text on my laser printer
and use that to etch the plaques. Any easy techniques for this? Or how
about casting the little suckers? Anyone do this regularly? Any good
ideas? Again, the darn things have to be very fine grained, so in my head
I keep coming back to etching. 

I look forward to your immense wisdom on the subject,

Best Regards,

Joe Osborn
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or 
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From: [email-masked] (Russ Kepler)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 19:01:03 GMT

>I keep coming back to etching. 

Depending on what you need, you can either cast using the small
plastic lettering used temporary messages (room use in hotels, etc.)
or, in the alternative, you might consider laying out the letters
using a CAD and having them cut by someone with a CNC mill.  The first
reqires pretty good work with ramming up and all, and may require lost
wax work for small letters, but the seconds only requires some simple
cad software and a friend with a small CNC mill.

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From: Gene Olson <[email-masked]>
Date: 3 May 1996 23:23:31 GMT

For one:
 AWARDCRAFT, 100900 Nesbitt Ave South, Bloominton MN   (612)948-0400

We used them for a number of etched plates. From tiny ones to glue onto 
premounted beveled brass escutcion plates to 18" x 24" 3/16 thick.

Gene

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