Lost: brass scriber

Maker Talk Lost & Found
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I was using a brass scriber (looks like a slim brass pen with a needle for a tip) on Sunday afternoon to weed some vinyl cuts by the filament printers as I watched my 3D print work through its first few layers . It seems to have gone missing since then. I went back Sunday night and looked in both the textiles room and the 3D printing areas, to no avail. Just hoping that someone else has sharper eyes than mine. It has sentimental value because it was the first thing I successfully made on Asmbly’s lathe.

Looked similar to this:

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Hi Aneel, I saw your scribe in the textiles room earlier tonight on the big table. Sorry I didn’t see this while I was at the space to set it aside, hopefully someone else can!

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Thanks! Just knowing that it is there means I get to stop searching other places it might be. I’ll stop by in the next day or two.

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Hope you find it

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Hmm. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be on the big table anymore. I suspect someone tidied up my mess and put it away somewhere. I’ve checked the vinyl cutting tools boxes, the containers in the sewing shelves (Nippers & Rippers seemed like a decent guess), and the leather working tools drawers, but maybe there are some places I’m overlooking. If someone happens to stumble across it, please let me know.

Worst case, it’s an excuse to book more lathe time :slight_smile:

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I have not engraved brass. I would like to engrave your moniker so people know?

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That’s a neat idea. How would you engrave a thin rod? Would you flatten a part to take the engraving?

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I recently did an engraving on a round object. The rotary does the turning. The laser does the rest.

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@aneel your scribe is on the lost and found shelf. I sharpied your name on it.

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Ah, I was thinking of engraving with an engraving tool. Didn’t even think of lasers. I’d be psyched to see that.

Thanks for finding it. Where was it?

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Someone else found it. I was picking up a project and happen to see it.

I can pick it up if you want me to do ahead.

-Also what do you want engraved on it?
-Any particular font?
-How large of font? Height?

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Looking to put that trumpet mouthpiece experience to use already? :slight_smile:

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I want to learn more. I also like the project because it was made on the metal lathe

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There are some leather working tools in textiles that could benefit from some labels. Specifically the dies we have for the setter. But I fear that the parts might be too small for the required engraving. :woman_shrugging:

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Give me a sec. I will finish the scribe and look at the textile tools.

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Top drawer of the tool chest under the leather working tools. They are all in containers and are labeled on the outside of their containers with what they are called. The snap dies are in 4 parts, and the one rivet die is in 2 parts

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Let’s just do my name. It seems like Optima 12pt will fit nicely. Maybe .500" from the tail end of it?

It seems like I can’t upload an SVG to discourse, so here’s a link to it as curves (shouldn’t require the actual font): https://notat.work/Aneel%20Nazareth%20Optima.svg

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Joe, could you engrave into tool steel? Most drill bit labels are far too small and too fragile; I’d love to relabel most of them larger and deeper.

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I’m pretty sure I can. I hate the engravings on endmills and things like that.

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