Engraving a Brass Nameplate

[Hobbyist (Mike)]

I am trying my first engraving on a brass nameplate.
This will be attached to a relief carving.
I will be using a 30deg vbit for the engraving and a 1/16 end mill for the cutout.
The brass sheet I am using is 6x6x.8mm (.03149 inches)
As this is my first try at engraving and using Brass I am looking for suggestions on dept of cut, and feeds and speeds. I have a OneFinity X50woodworker with a Mikita Router.

I am including both a picture of my project and my .crv file

Any suggestions and assistance is greatly appreciated.

nameplate.crv (2.3 MB)

Thank you
Mike

[Hobbyist (Mike)]

Forgot to add my hold down method will probably be double sided tape on a sacrificial board.

[umbert (HUBERT H.)]

Mike,
Here’s my post. Lot’s of learning I just bought 2mm end mill, which may be better for engraving, didn’t try it yet though.

Using OF on Brass

I’ve been recently playing with cutting, engraving brass. Lots of learning, still improving with every cut. Few bits broken too Go slow as suggested above. I run a bit faster, but with 1.5kW spindle. [IMG_6879] [IMG_6904] Diamond engraving goes easy, cutting is a different story.

[Woodworking_Pilot (E D)]

@Hobbyist

Did you end up finding success with the nameplate project? I am about to try the same, and yours is the only post I found that discusses using the 1F to engrave a nameplate. What bit did you end up using and what depth of cut did you go with??

[AndyP (Badger)]

Brass Vertical Hanging Sundial

This project was a departure for me: from wood to brass. I’ve always fancied making a sundial, especially a vertical sundial. Software: VCarve for Gcode F360 and Illustrator - Modelling the DXF file for VCarve (mucking around converting file formats) Sundial software: I reverse engineered the math on this site to create a script for F360: Declining vertical sundial calculator Useful Website: Wall Declination: Sundial:Make Sundial Sundial Creation: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ80…

Related: I engraved a brass vertical sundial. It was also my first venture into brass engraving. Make sure you engraved deep enough to allow for clean up, I had a lot of bur. Also getting the plate dead flat was tricky so had to run the engraving in a few runs with a fraction of a mill lower for some areas. Start with the highest and the lowest (uncraved) become obvious.

It is still hanging out in all weather. I’m very surprised that the super glued gnomon is still good, see image below. A bit tarnished, didn’t help putting a winter bird feeder in front of it.

[Calvin]

Thats super cool, did you follow a pattern or come up with it yourself?

Edit: Never mind I found your original post. BIG rabbit hole.

[OnefinityCNC (Onefinity CNC Official ✅)]

Love it! How did you attach it?

[AndyP (Badger)]

Attached using brass screws.

It will start telling the time again around mid march. The sun needs to be higher to able to get of above house that is south of the dial.

[OnefinityCNC (Onefinity CNC Official ✅)]

thanks for sharing! We might make one here at the office!