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.