Pre-patina, engraved and cut

[9er]

So we've had our machine for a while now. I hate to say I am nowhere near where I want to be with programming and operation. The shop just got busy in other areas. But, I do have one great customer that forces me to step up to the plate.
He wanted a black patina'd light box with an illuminated company name and message engraved. We had to pre-patina the sheet so engraving would show up, then plasma cut it out. Pretty happy with this as our first attempt.

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[radicalrescue]

nice job ..

[Melkins5787]

How did you fixture the plate for the etching

[9er]

How did you fixture the plate for the etching

We made a few of these so we patina'd a half sheet and put a couple weights on the corners. The engraving is the first process. When we start engraving more, I'll devise a hold-down that connects to the slats.

[little blue choo]

Looks great.

Rick

[acourtjester]

Nice work I think you should change "nowhere near" to "pretty close"
Mixing of operations like engraving and cutting shows your farther along them some of us.

[Diesel]

That is a beauty - nice work!