dakota.potts
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I have a friend who has access to a very nice laser engraver which can control the depth of cut to .001" on steel. He agreed to engrave a design on a rifle grip cap for me for a rifle I want to build.
I want to know if I can hot blue over the engraving, or possibly color case harden. If I wanted to do either of these processes, is it possible to do so and preserve the sharp lines in the engraving? What amount of depth is good for the lines to stay sharp without looking chiseled out? I'm thinking a couple of thousandths would do it but I've never finished over engraving. I'll send it in polished condition to not risk removing it through polishing.
I thought about trying to do some type of fill, like silver wire or gold wash, but I think that risks becoming gaudy considering my lack of practice with it.
I want to know if I can hot blue over the engraving, or possibly color case harden. If I wanted to do either of these processes, is it possible to do so and preserve the sharp lines in the engraving? What amount of depth is good for the lines to stay sharp without looking chiseled out? I'm thinking a couple of thousandths would do it but I've never finished over engraving. I'll send it in polished condition to not risk removing it through polishing.
I thought about trying to do some type of fill, like silver wire or gold wash, but I think that risks becoming gaudy considering my lack of practice with it.