Plate marker art

Oldsarge · Post by **Oldsarge** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:56 pm

I've always thought that a plate marker could be used for more than making serial numbers or making holes for drilling... Now that I have one on the table in thinking of more uses... Here's a few pieces I did using the marker....

Oldsarge

Garysbiz · Post by **Garysbiz** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:11 pm

Very nice!

michmetalman · Post by **michmetalman** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:01 pm

Sweet!

muzza · Post by **muzza** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:15 pm

Looks good Mike, out of curiosity roughly how long did something like the sugar skull take? (platemarker is on my gunnadoo list)
Murray

Post by **DXF** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:00 pm

Very cool!

Dave Hanks

Oldsarge · Post by **Oldsarge** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:35 pm

muzza wrote:Looks good Mike, out of curiosity roughly how long did something like the sugar skull take? (platemarker is on my gunnadoo list)
Murray

Hey Murray!

The Sugar Skull took just a shave over 25 minutes to scribe.... 41+ lineal feet in all. Noisy, but I like the results... I have many more ideas for the process.... The really cool thing is that what you would spend hours cleaning up to be plasma ready you actually don't want to mess with for the plate marker! I'm working with some address signs right now... Another cool thing is that if you want to paint different colors the scribe lines act as a really good masking line, the blade follows the scribe mark perfectly... Here's another piece that uses the process....

hotrodmetal1973 · Post by **hotrodmetal1973** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:30 am

where is a good place to get a platemaker? is this on steel or aluminum?

Oldsarge · Post by **Oldsarge** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:05 am

hotrodmetal1973 wrote:where is a good place to get a platemaker? is this on steel or aluminum?

I don't know what is available commercially, this one is home made..... It's a carbide tip in an engraving pen, marking on 14g cold rolled steel. The details that can be scribed are pretty impressive, and I'm still dialing it in...

Oldsarge

hotrodmetal1973 · Post by **hotrodmetal1973** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:08 am

Thanks Oldsarge!!

Post by **Scratch** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:34 pm

Oldsarge wrote:
hotrodmetal1973 wrote:where is a good place to get a platemaker? is this on steel or aluminum?
I don't know what is available commercially, this one is home made..... It's a carbide tip in an engraving pen, marking on 14g cold rolled steel. The details that can be scribed are pretty impressive, and I'm still dialing it in...

Oldsarge

Care to share some pics of it?

Oldsarge · Post by **Oldsarge** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:38 pm

No problem, I'll snap some pics when I get to the shop tomorrow morning.....

Oldsarge

Post by **Gogitter** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:22 am

Mike I've got a few questions....

1) Do you ever sleep???

2) When you are using the plate marker, do you cut first and then use your plate marker?

3) How are you clamping your part down? Must be a lot of vibration along with the noise!

I will get back to you on the bender, I thing that is a great price!

Thanks!

Jerry

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