Ensuring your pet has an engraved tag on their collar is one of the best ways you can keep them safe. If your pet goes missing or is separated from you for any reason a pet ID tag is a guarantee that if someone finds them they can contact you quickly and easily. For dogs,… Continue reading What Is The Best Material For Engraved Dog Tags?
How To Clean Brass Without Brasso
Many of us are increasingly looking for low-cost and less toxic alternatives to shop-bought cleaning products including Brasso. The warnings on the labels that include the words ‘toxic’ and ‘hazardous’ are very offputting. But when it comes to cleaning Brass are there alternatives to the toxic and hazardous Brasso? The good news is that there… Continue reading How To Clean Brass Without Brasso
How to Etch Brass or Copper
Etching lettering or decorative patterns and pictures on brass or copper is a great way to personalise items, make the ordinary extraordinary or label anything from etching trophies, plaques and nameplates to bespoke gifts. Metal etching is a relatively simple process if you have the right equipment, an artistic eye and a bit of patience… Continue reading How to Etch Brass or Copper
How To Engrave Trophy Plaques
If you are responsible for engraving your team, club or school trophies every year then you might want to consider purchasing a laser engraver. It is possible to get them for reasonable prices, though of course for quality you will always need to pay a little more but depending on the number of trophies you… Continue reading How To Engrave Trophy Plaques
How To Make Engraved Wood Signs
From signs that will only get one use, such as those required for a wedding directing guests to the venue or car park, to signage used daily in the workplace directing staff and/or customers to the toilets to signs to decorate your home with a positive quote or motto, signs can be used in a… Continue reading How To Make Engraved Wood Signs
Which Is The Best Name Plate Material?
Nameplates come in a huge variety of styles and materials. The best nameplate material for your needs will depend upon a few different factors including your industry, the purpose of the nameplate, and the environment it will be used in. This brief guide will help you decide on the best choice for your needs but… Continue reading Which Is The Best Name Plate Material?
How To Make Embossed Gift Boxes
Whether we like it or not, Christmas is fast approaching and as our thoughts begin to turn to gifts for loved ones, colleagues, employees or customers there is something else that we increasingly need to think about. We’d have to have our heads in the sand to lack awareness about the need to reduce our… Continue reading How To Make Embossed Gift Boxes
How To Cut Acrylic Perspex Sheets
A material suited to a huge range of uses, acrylic perspex has excellent clarity and is durable, weatherproof, and shatterproof. This makes it particularly suited to signage as well as lots of other applications around the home or workplace including splashbacks, table tops, shed windows, and storage and shelving. However, the most common and economical… Continue reading How To Cut Acrylic Perspex Sheets
Removing Laser Engraving From Metal
Some things are forever. Most of the time, an engraving is a forever thing, a personalised gift to be treasured and maybe even handed down through generations. Sometimes though, it’s not. Perhaps a relationship has ended, maybe you bought an engraved item secondhand, or maybe, for whatever reason, the sentiment is not just quite right… Continue reading Removing Laser Engraving From Metal
How To Engrave A Watch
Why is it that although now we all carry a phone with us at all times, which can provide us with the correct time, so many of us still choose to wear a watch? It is because a watch is more than just a timepiece. For some, it is an heirloom handed down through generations… Continue reading How To Engrave A Watch