Tool marking

[aliva]

you could try electro etching
Watch Mattys workshop he explains the process very well

 

[RJSakowski]

I put ID's on all my 1/2/3 blocks using a mask made from nail polish and electrolysis in a salt water solution applied with a Q Tip. It was fast and easy to do. I made the artwork using a laser on my CNC mill but it could be done manually by simply scratching the artwork into the mask.

Etching Steel Using a 2.5 watt Diode Laser

I recently purchased five pairs of 1-2-3 blocks. My intention was to use them for setups when machining. They arrived last week and on first inspection, actually looked reasonably good. I want to do more thorough metrology but thought that I should serialize them first. A carbide scribe could...

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[Mauzinette]

More for the occasion where two students are looking at a 1" micrometer and deciding whose it is.

Considering the use case, engraving or etching seems a bit overkill for me.

 

[great white]

Acid etch. You can buy home/diy kits.

Clean, neat, smooth, doesn’t catch dirt and never comes off.

We used to mark all the tools used on aircraft that way. worked a treat!

 

[Gnpenning]

I used to engrave everything. In your grandsons case it can make for an uncomfortable situation checking a tool.

After working on job sites with many having similar tools. I started spray painting everything. You can tell from a distance.

 

[projectnut]

Here's a couple pictures of the engraving done on a 1" micrometer I inherited from one of my wife's uncles. It was used to inspect parts when he was in the Air Force near the end of WWII.

 

[Jim F]

Here's a couple pictures of the engraving done on a 1" micrometer I inherited from one of my wife's uncles. It was used to inspect parts when he was in the Air Force near the end of WWII.

Looks more like stamping.

 

[projectnut]

Looks more like stamping.

It could very well be a stamping. I was using "engraving" as a generic term as opposed to painting or some other style of identifying the tool..

 

[Shotgun]

Sounds like someone is going to get to buy a laser engraver.

 

[matthewsx]

It could very well be a stamping. I was using "engraving" as a generic term as opposed to painting or some other style of identifying the tool..

I agree that someone who can engrave a watch or other delicate items would be able to mark tools easily. There used to be a guy at Sears jewelry department who would engrave all sorts of stuff you could buy there. Also, craftsman tools used to be good. Times have changed….

I’d just get him a vibrating engraver and call it done. Maybe some nail polish in a bright color too.

These are tools and function should be first consideration. Done neatly by hand it’ll last forever and nobody will think less of him.

John