Full Version: Swiss Army Knives
From: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#1]
24 Apr 2007
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From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#2]
24 Apr 2007
To: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#1] 24 Apr 2007
From: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#3]
24 Apr 2007
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#2] 24 Apr 2007
Yeah they look terrific, especially when filled. But I've never tried a laser on them, and not sure what kind of plastic it is.
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#4]
24 Apr 2007
To: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#3] 24 Apr 2007
You may have to donate one to science.
If a Mont Blanc (plastic) pen cap is a barometer, I know somebody who tried to laser one and it didn't work well.
From: logojohn [#5]
24 Apr 2007
To: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#1] 24 Apr 2007
The real ones laser very clean and deep enough to color fill.
It lasers pretty much like laserable plastic with sharp edges.
I tried a knockoff brand and they melted around the letters and left nasty ridges and could not be filled.
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#6]
24 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#4] 24 Apr 2007
Mont Blank and one style of the cheap, (Bic style) pen do not engrave worth a darn.
With the Bic like pen, you either do not touch the plastic or it melts at the engraving area.
From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY) [#7]
24 Apr 2007
To: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#1] 24 Apr 2007
The Real Swiss army knives laser engrave with no problem. I do recommend a color fill with Rub-n-Buff or Acrylic Paints since the material is a solid red.
The fake knives I use lower power and 2-3 pass.
From: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#8]
24 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#4] 24 Apr 2007
David,
I was trying to avoid that since the knives are client-supplied :B
From: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#9]
24 Apr 2007
To: logojohn [#5] 24 Apr 2007
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#10]
24 Apr 2007
To: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#8] 25 Apr 2007
Those are the best kind to experiment with, providing you have flight clearance from the client. :-)
From: logojohn [#11]
24 Apr 2007
To: Doc (GREAT_ATLANTIC) [#9] 25 Apr 2007
It should work.
Its been awhile but I think I used one of the paint stick fillers. With narrow and small letters they are quick and easy. They are solid like crayons and you just rub in to fill and wipe off. Johnson plastics has them as others likely do.