Engraving Examples, 2L Engraved Parts and Customer Engraving Projects
Anodized Aluminum Pen
Project completed using a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool™ and Standard Conical for Softer MaterialsCustomer provided photo
Stainless Steel Plate
Engraved using the patented Spring Loaded Engraving Tool™ and patented Tough Tip Engraving Tool Bit and a Medium Spring.
Stainless Steel Plate with inconsistent work surface height, workpiece is not flat.
When engraved with a 2L Spring Loaded Engraving Tool the engraving is
consistent across the part.
When engraved with a rigid tool portions of the engraving are missed due to the variance in the material surface.
Engraving with a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool™
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Engraving with a Rigid Tool Engraving
Curved Part Engraved with a 2L Spring Loaded Engraving Tool
- Material: Aluminum, blue anodized.
- Circular rod: 1” diameter.
- Letter height: .375"
- Text: SPRING LOADED ENGRAVING TOOL.
- Tool Bit used: Standard Conical for Softer Materials
When engraved with a Spring Loaded Tool the letters are consistently engraved on the part. The Spring Loaded Tool allows the Tool Bit to move with the contour of the part providing a consistent engraving.
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Curved Part Engraved Using a Rigid Tool (Tool Bit In Collet)
- Material: Aluminum, blue anodized.
- Circular rod: 1” diameter.
- Letter height: .375"
- Text: RIGID TOOLHOLDER.
When engraved with a rigid tool the text does not wrap with the contour of the workpiece and letters are not engraved completely.
Engraving with a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool™
Use Our Recommended Speeds and Feeds for Optimum Engraving Results
- Engraved using the Spring Loaded Engraving Tool.
- Material: aluminum.
- Engraving tool used: Standard Conical for Softer Materials.
- See Speeds and Feeds engraving with a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool.
2L Air Venturi Vacuum Engraved with a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool and 2L Tool Bit
- Material: Anodized Aluminum
- Part Diameter: 1.75"
- Letter Height Range .125" - .20"
- Tool Bit used: Standard Conical 3/16" Diameter for Softer Materials.
2L Air Venturi Vacuum Engraved with a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool and 2L Carbide Point Tool Bit
- Material: PTFE (Teflon)
- Part Diameter: 1.0"
- Letter Height Range .125" - .20".
- Tool Bit used: Carbide Point Engraving Tool.
- Engraving has been filled with marking fill for visibility purposes.
Acrylic Panels Engraved to Expose Backlighting
Solid surface acrylic panels engraved & backlit (living wall and lampshade). 2L Tools used: Standard Conical Engraving Tools.
Customer photo: Sterling Surfaces - Sterling, Massachusetts
Artistic Engraving of Stainless Steel Panels with a 2L Tough Tip Engraving Tool
Customer Photos: Redekop Profiles, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
10 swiveling "Storytelling Chairs" - Farmers Market, Downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Heritage project designed by Lee Koopman Projects in Saskatoon tells stories of the original settlement of the Saskatoon area.
Description: "Engraved some of the graphics and all of the text 0.018" deep in 304L 2B Finish Stainless Steel sheet with a 0.040" Tough Tip Engraving Tool in a Haas VF-5 mill. Waterjet cut several thousand holes per sheet to create the pictures, and fabricated the sheets into the chairs shown. Sandblasted and painted text for emphasis".
"One of 16 inlayed and sandblasted concrete pavers manufactured for the same site". "Waterjet cut and engraved local 1920's era newspaper ads into 0.250 thick stainless steel plates with Tough Tip Engraving Tools and fixtured with the 2L vacuum table".
Up Close - Storytelling Chair.
Aluminum Golf Putters
"2L cutting tools were used on these elegant golf putters - mostly for small details and engraving".
Customer Photos: Cooper Concepts - Orlando, Florida
6061 Aluminum Engraved With a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool
Motor Idlers, 6061 Aluminum, engraved using 2L's most popular standard conical engraving tool, Standard Conical Engraving Tool for Softer Materials and a Spring Loaded Engraving Tool.
Customer Photos: Liberty Components - Stanton, California.
