Diamond engraved Globe and Anchor on black lighter

[Nicolas Silva]

this was another experiment on a black finish lighter. This globe and anchor was cut
using a diamond bit engraving bit and cuts to expose the steel underneath the finish.
I'm happy with the results. I'll try a crosshatch and different angles next.
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[Bruce Page]

That looks good, I think a cross hatch would look better.
How did you hold it?

[Keith Outten]

I have diamond drag engraved brass on my CNC Router and it looked pretty good but it took a long time.
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[Scott Shepherd]

Or maybe try just the outlines of it. That's normally a great image for outlines because it picks up all the internal details. Plus it'll run a lot faster!

[Nicolas Silva]

That looks good, I think a cross hatch would look better.
How did you hold it?

Thank. Just good ol' fashion double face tape on the backside. Most of the force is downward so
it doesn't need a lot of holding power. I'll be trying a crosshatch on other items.
This is still just a concept phase. cheers!

[Nicolas Silva]

Or maybe try just the outlines of it. That's normally a great image for outlines because it picks up all the internal details. Plus it'll run a lot faster!

well that would depend on the artwork. this was a almost solid silhouette so to have simply outlined it would not have looked very good. I think it really will need to be a combination of the two (outline and fills) to go from good to great. Just need more time. Speaking of which - this took 19 minutes. Cheers!