Full Version: cell phones
From: Mike (MIKEN) [#7]
6 Apr 2007
To: Debbie (DEBBIEG) [#6] 7 Apr 2007
My curiosity got the best of me. I just happened to have a couple of spares laying around so here's what I found.
The phone in the pics is a Motorola flip phone. The clear (black) material on the front is probably polycarbonate. It is difficult to engrave--seems to be very hard. I recommend two or three passes. I would use a 600 dpi setting and power and speed similar to what you would use to engrave name tags. I believe trying to do it in one pass will tend to melt the material.
The material on the back of the phone may be abs--just not sure but it engraves fairly well. Try to do this in two passes as well but with lower settings than the front.
If I were doing this for a customer I hope I would have centered the engraving.
The color fill is acrylic hobby paint.
EDITED: 6 Apr 2007 by MIKEN
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#8]
7 Apr 2007
To: Mike (MIKEN) [#7] 7 Apr 2007
Thank you for donating your phones to science. :-)
The phone with the blue color-fill looks pretty crisp.
From: Mike (MIKEN) [#9]
7 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#8] 7 Apr 2007
David:
I'll play with the settings on the front side a little more to see if I can sharpen it up.
On the back the depth may be .005"--just enough to color fill.
Your special color fill tool worked like a charm.
For those who don't know the tool is a business card.
EDITED: 7 Apr 2007 by MIKEN
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#10]
7 Apr 2007
To: Mike (MIKEN) [#9] 7 Apr 2007
For those who don't know the tool is a business card.
Mike,
All this time, the people I keep asking for business cards, think I'm trying to drum up business for them.
:B
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#11]
7 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#10] 7 Apr 2007
David,
You are a very funny man, my friend.
How are you using the cards for painting?
From: Tony (ANTE) [#12]
7 Apr 2007
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#11] 7 Apr 2007
Cody, once you flod engraved area with paint use old business cards to scrape (remove) paint leaving only slight paint wich is easy to clean up.
Tony
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#13]
7 Apr 2007
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#11] 7 Apr 2007
Funny, as in odd? :-)
Here's the demo:
http://engravingetc.org/forum/index.php?webtag=EE&msg=2340.14
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#14]
7 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#13] 7 Apr 2007