Most perpetual plaques have all the plates in place, for a complete appearance.
If you do make a plaque without all the plates affixed, make sure you have some means of aligning plates, as they're added, i.e. lightly engraved box, where the plates are adhered.
David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA
I do some plaques where I keep the plates. I use my laser to mark all of the screw holes and put my screws in. The company e-mails me the names once a month and I send them engraved plates.
