On Sun, 5 Aug 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
For that
matter, what about non-metals? A hard wood might make for a
nice set too, especially if the engraving is filled with paint and the
whole thing lacquered, or some such. Perhaps even plastic, though that
seems a bit d?class?, and quite possibly not suitable for garage
machine-shop production anyway.
Actually, a lot of 'enginering plastics' can be machined like metals.
Things like Nylon and delrin are worked in much the same way and
certainlt can be machined i na home workshop. If anything, it's wood
that taat's the 'odd one out' in terms of machining it.
Actually, wood might be one of the easier materials to work with, if you
machine it with a laser cutter/engraver.