[Jewelry making - Article 00043] - Re: [Orchid] Engraving on my own

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    Maybe you are looking at lettering the insides of these  bracelets
    from the wrong angle? Perhaps it would be cheaper, faster, and  take
    a lot less time to learn to etch your inscriptions into the insides
    of your  bracelets? You can get some pretty nice results from that
    process... There' a  ton of information on etching in the Orchid
    archives. 

    Or look into one of the old manual pantographs. Do a search online.
    A used  basic machine with a diamond drag costs from $300 up.
    Motorized "router  style" models cost from $500 up. You'd have to a
    bit of alteration to the  machine to get it to engrave the inside of
    a bracelet - but it can be done with  one of the diamond drag
    models. Cost is in your time not materials. I could walk  you
    through making your own "masters" for the machine to copy from. 

    Pantograph engraving is not the same as hand engraving - the results
    are  not nearly as nice - but it might get you by 'till you can find
    the time &  money to acquire hand engraving skills/tools. Learning
    to use a pantograph can  be done in a matter of a day or two. 

    Another option I just saw at a recent show... I'm still puzzling out
    how it  was done. I think that a laser print was made in reverse,
    then that turned into  a stencil. That in turned was maybe sprayed
    with something that would adhere to  the wax or plastic model. The
    final result was raised lettering cast right on  the piece. Looked
    pretty sharp on the pieces I saw - but nobody could tell me  who had
    made it or how.... Each piece had slight differences in the
    lettering  and/or the placement. That is why I think it was applied
    individually and not a  part of a master mold. Anyone seen it? Got
    any idea how it was done?  

Brian P.  Marshall
Stockton Jewelry Arts School
Stockton, CA 95209  USA
209-477-0550  Workshop/Studio
instructor AT jewelryartschool.com
jewelryartschool AT aol.xom

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