| Engraving... what comes to mind is the
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| | the commands for each movement This
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| permanence and the sense of personal
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| | method is more sophisticated in that one
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| ownership it gives to a precious stone,
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| | can vary the fonts and the sizes of the
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| metal, or wood. It basically entails
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| | patterns just with a few clicks of the
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| removing a portion from the exterior of a
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| | mouse.
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| bare material by etching signs,
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| | Laser engraving, on the other hand, uses
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| insignias, or designs.
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| | a laser beam rather than a stylus or a
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| Engravers-to-be need to choose from 4
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| | sharp tool, to etch a design on a blank
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| techniques: hand engraving, pantograph,
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| | surface.
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| Computer Numeric Control engraver and
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| | However, laser engraving utilizes
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| laser engraver.
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| | computer software to convert the design
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| Hand engraving is the oldest approach of
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| | into numeric instructions. Engraving
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| engraving and the most expensive too.
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| | using this method is more precise, fast,
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| This is performed with the use of a
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| | and clean. The downsides to this method
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| chisel or a sharp tool carefully tapped
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| | are its being high-priced and selective
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| into the material surface with
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| | material requirement.
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| differently weighed hammers. Each tap
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| | Materials commonly used for engraving are
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| should be controlled for precision and
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| | stone, brass, aluminum, wood, and
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| accuracy of the over-all design.
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| | plastic.
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| For minute design details, the hand
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| | Brass and aluminum plates are normally
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| engraver has to use a magnifying glass or
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| | thin and engravers etch on them and later
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| enlarging equipment to ensure that the
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| | attach them to trophies, frames, and
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| design is followed to the minutest
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| | other surfaces. The metals' glossed
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| details.
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| | coating is first removed to enable the
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| Engraving by pantograph or the drag
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| | etching tool to write on the surface
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| method is another old style that requires
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| | beneath. However, this process scratches
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| the use of a device (the pantograph or
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| | only the top portion of the material.
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| commonly called a tracing machine) to
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| | Deep engraving, on the other hand,
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| scrape the surface of a material with the
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| | requires digging deeper into the
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| use of a sharp stylus manually operated
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| | material. This is particularly used for
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| by the engraver.
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| | permanent name plates and industrial
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| The basic concept is tracing the letters
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| | molds.
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| or the design patterns from the design
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| | Wood, as well as plactic, is other
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| paper to the surface material using a
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| | commonly used engravers' materials. Wood
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| sharp tool or the pantograph. The risk of
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| | engraving is not as common as brass,
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| this method is the uneven, probably
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| | aluminum or plastic engraving. Engraving
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| unprecised way of etching the design or
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| | tools (laser or stylus) marks the wood
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| letters.
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| | material and the cut area is filled with
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| Since the stylus operator controls the
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| | coloring material to provide contrast.
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| writing, mistakes like those caused by
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| | Engraving on plastic is done on thin
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| shaky hands are not unlikely to occur.
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| | layers of the material, usually
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| Pantograph engraving is faster than hand
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| | differently colored. The stylus or laser
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| engraving.
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| | cuts away the upper portion of the
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| Computer Numeric Control (CNC) engraving
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| | plastic thus showing the next colored
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| is a more precise method as it is
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| | layer. Shown together, the over-all
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| computer-controlled. The letters or
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| | appearance of the engraving is one of
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| design are written in a uniform manner
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| | contrasting colors.
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| and use particular graphic software like
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| | One has to decide which approach he is
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| that of cross-stitching.
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| | most comfortable with, considering the
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| The computer changes a design into
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| | price of the equipment and tools to be
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| numeric instructions which is then
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| | used in creating one engraved piece of
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| transmitted to an equipment which follows
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| | art.
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