Machine restorers

Also, I need to scan and restore the image, which will be time consuming... and my time is currently devoted to rebuilding the mill.
 
Have you got any Laser engravers locally? These guys can scan a photograph and burn off paint to expose the underlying metal or they can Laser ecth, anyway it's all magic but comes out looking great.
 
If you go with a printed transfer, cover it with a transparent enamel and bake in in your wife's oven at 95º C for an hour or so. That should make it impervious to oil and water, I don't know about solvents.
 
Keith was restoring a stamped plate, mine is printed. I cannot use his same method. But thanks for the reference.
You can use a scanner to scan your plate, then use the chemicals they use for etching circuit boards. I saw it used in Wood working to make custom brass tags for Wood projects. It did not look hard, and if you have a printer seems like a good way to go to get a resilient plate.
 
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