Just did a test engraving on my Gravity Chopsticks! My Nomad is pretty accurate. First try turned out pretty good. Going to have to run 100+ pieces for my Kickstarter rewards.
I have a delrin tray milled out to squeeze the chopstick handle into. I still need to figure out a good way to pull it out of the tray without damaging the aluminum part.
I imported my logo (svg) into Carbide Create and ran the contour path. For the text I used Carbide Create text tool right out of the box. Also with contour path.
Will run a few test parts through nickel plating finish and see how it turns out.
Are you engraving the pointed end of the aluminium? if not could you just machine a big pocket on that side of your jig? this means that you could get your fingers around the part to pull it out quickly
@designxtek Hi, I know this is an older thread but I was just curious how your project turned out and if you made any changes to your setup? When I saw the chopstick in the form I immediately thought of the little red tab that hangs out of the battery compartment on toys. I think I’d drop a piece of fishing line or something else thing and strong in the pocket before setting the engraving item and use that to remove the item once done.
Hi @AZArtisan I ended up making pockets around the sides of the handles. It made it a snug fit and easy to remove with my bare fingers. Engraving doesn’t push the handles around at all. A comfortable slot fit is good enough. My original slot was too tight so by making huge pockets around the side for grabbing fixed my problem.