[Spridgets] Metal engraving and a Dremel

[Lester]

How are you going to protect the bearings from outside crud with the middle of the knockoff missing?  Just curious.

Lester
On Jun 2, 2015, at 11:50 AM, WeslakeMonza1330--- via Spridgets wrote:

> Trying again except I've ordered Dremel engraving bits now..
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> From: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Sent: 29/05/2015 18:56:42 GMT Daylight Time
> Subj: Metal engraving and a Dremel
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> Trying again
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> From: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Sent: 28/05/2015 22:14:12 GMT Daylight Time
> Subj: Metal engraving and a Dremel
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> Hi list,
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> I know that I first heard of a 'Dremel' on the list years ago but only bought one last Christmas.  I've done a bunch of stuff with it and when browsing stuff recall seeing an engraving tip for it.  At the time I didn't understand that as I thought that an engraving tool had a hammer action a bit like a hammer drill.  However, unless I'm mistaken all a traditional engraving tool is, is a high speed rotary device with some kind of tip in it that spins around.  So, am I likewise right that my Dremel tool can be a rotary engraving tool?
>  
> The reason I am asking is that the item I took to my only 'free hand engraver' turned out to be  a wasted journey as the engraver is off work sick and may be for some time and I though about doing the job myself.  I don't have a very steaddddy hand but I think that what I need doing I should be ok with.  I have a knock off spinner that has been lightened by having the centre machined out of it and I now need to get re-chromed.  My previous experience is that the chromer will not only strip off the remnants of old chrome but will polish it before re-chroming.  That polishing and then re-chroming will make the 'arrow' and letters 'right side' and 'undo' so faint that they will be more difficult to read than I would like.  So my intention was to get an engraver to run the tool into the existing letters to get some fresh depth to them before having the spinner polished and re-chromed.  Any reason then why I ought not to buy an engraving bit for my Dremel (not sure if they come in different sizes) and do this myself?
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> Thanks
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>  
> Daniel
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