As promised, I remembered my camera Friday....took several pics, but none of them really turned out well. I think my flash was too bright, and I should have turned it off.
Anyway, this is the best of the pictures.
The picture makes the edges of the engraving look cruddy. They are anything BUT cruddy.....they're very sharp and clean. I filled them with gold enamel three times to make sure the end result was as near to perfection as I could get it (no bubbles, very uniform fill level).
My customer picked up her plaque Friday, and just loved it. I told her that I liked it so much that I made a second one to put on display....and that I would wait until after they presented it before I put it up.
I ended up keeping the plaque that I routed with the rotary engraver, and gave my customer the lasered plaque.
Also noteworthy, I ended up using 1" wide trophy tape and clear silicone to hold the marble in the plaque. The tape probably has little effect, but it made me feel a little more comfortable about handling it before the silicone set. I let the silicone set for almost 24 hours before letting my customer take the plaque....just to make sure. ;-)
The plaque will be presented to the widow of the man in the photo. She'll love it. |
