[sdiy] panel engraving - shopping mall style

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yeah, if you've seen the doggie tag things at your local
petco/petsmart/walmart, you'd think that engraving machines are totally
computer controlled now...the tags cost 5$-7$ US

Joshua

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Patchell" <patchell at silcom.com>
To: "Alex Dickey" <Alex at centricitysoftware.com>
Cc: "synth DIY (E-mail)" <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] panel engraving - shopping mall style


>     Many moons ago, I got an aluminum panel engraved.  While it does look
nice,
> it was awful expensive....however, this was a hand operated machine.  I
would
> be willing to bet, nowdays, you can find engraving places that have NC
operated
> engraving machine (if not, here is a market!).  I don't remember how much
I
> paid for that panel (it was large), but it seems like it was on the order
of
> about $200, and that was 20 years ago.  The other problem was that if I
were to
> get a second panel done, it would have cost the same as the first, ie, no
NRE.
> But I would check with the engraver.  There are probably much better
machines
> now days (I would hope).  Also, look in your yellow pages, there might be
> somebody that does it at an industrial level.  If you are going to do
mulitple
> panels, someplace like that might be cheaper.....but who knows?
>
>     -Jim
>
> Alex Dickey wrote:
>
> > had a thought driving home yesterday.  can those engraving places in the
> > mall (you know, birthdays, anniversaries, bar mitzvahs, all commemorated
on
> > a silver goblet) do engraving on metal synth panels?  has anybody tried
> > this?
> >
> > alex
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/aurelialuz/
> >
> > "wha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na."
> > -j. caletti
>