The application to various objects of a drawing by the method of removing matter from its surface has been known to mankind for many millennia.

With the advent of new materials, there was a need to master working methods that allow engraving on objects that are much harder than wood and stone. New technologies make it possible to fully automate the engraving process when drawing a drawing on a metal surface, but for the home foreman, the most suitable option is to master the manual method of drawing a drawing.

DIY metal engraving is possible at home, with tools and a suitable room for this type of work.

For manual engraving at home, you will need the following tools and materials:

• Shtikhel.
• Metal billet.
• A vice or similar device to hold the workpiece stationary.

The blank for drawing a picture can be used from any metal, but for beginners it is better to use aluminum or copper.

Shtikhel represents a core up to 120 mm long. One end of this tool is cut at an angle and sharpened, the other is installed in a handle made of wood or plastic.

Stihel can be of different shapes, and also vary in width of the working surface. In the absence of this tool, it can be made independently if there are materials suitable for this purpose.

Self-made stichel

For the manufacture of stichel it is necessary to use tool steel. Metal which is used in springs and ball bearings is great for this purpose. You can use the old files and files, as well as various cutters that need to be cut into thin strips, to make the cutting surface.

The ideal material for making the engraving pin is steel grade P18. From old circles for circular saws, you can make a large number of blanks for the production of calms at home. Further, the working part of the workpiece is sharpened at an angle that allows you to make a recess of a certain width on a metal surface.

The shtikhel handle is made of hardwood, and should be so wide that it is convenient for the master to hold the tool in his hand. The recommended length of this stichel portion is usually 50 mm.

A mushroom-shaped pen is the most suitable for the manufacture of this tool, but you can experiment and make several different options, and already in the process of work choose the most suitable option.

Blank preparation

First of all, you should choose a blank on which the picture will be displayed. The selected product must be free of rust and chips. To prepare the surface you will need:

• Sandpaper P400.
• GOI paste No. 1 or No. 2

First, the workpiece is polished with sandpaper. Then finishing polishing is done using GOI paste.

To exclude surface damage, when polishing with GOI paste, it is recommended to use this tool only No. 1 or No. 2.

You should also perform, before finishing polishing with this tool, the following actions:

1. Prepare the flannel fabric and moisten it with white spirit.
2. Pour GOI paste onto the dampened cloth.
3. Wipe the unwanted metal with a cloth to remove large pieces that could scratch the surface.

After such preparation, polishing the workpiece is carried out in uniform circular motion. After finishing polishing measures, a metal object must be rinsed in kerosene and dried at room temperature.

The process of applying engraving to metal

If the engraving of the metal surface is carried out for the first time, then before proceeding with the application of the basic drawing, it is recommended to practice on an unnecessary piece of metal.

The ideal option for such training is the use of a copper plate. A piece of copper should be firmly fixed on a wooden board using self-tapping screws with wide caps. When the workpiece is fixed, the board is laid on the table, additional lighting is turned on, if necessary, the cutting tool is clamped in the right hand, and an even notch is made on the metal surface.

So that when the straight line is not drawn, the hand does not slip, on the surface of the metal plate the thumbs of the left and right hand should be connected and touch the plate at the place of drawing. The index finger of the right hand, at this time, rests on the tool cutter, and completely controls the process of drawing lines. It is recommended at the beginning of training to make several straight parallel stripes on the workpiece. When the smooth sections will turn out well, you can proceed to the implementation of semicircular lines.

When the hand is already a little full, you can start engraving the drawing on the workpiece. For this work, a metal object must also be securely fixed. For this purpose, a device similar to the above-described locking mechanism for self-tapping screws should be manufactured.

To engrave simple shapes, initials and other simple images, you can proceed immediately after fixing a metal object. If you need to perform a complex drawing, it is recommended that you first transfer the image to the workpiece.

Transfer a complex image to metal

The original method of transferring an image to a metal base is carried out in the following sequence:

1. Varnish is applied to the surface of the metal being treated.
2. A soft graphite pencil draws an image on a polyester film, which will be engraved on the workpiece.
3. The drawing is covered with tape, pressed across the entire area to the film and carefully removed from it. At the same time, the image drawn earlier will remain on the sticky surface of the adhesive tape.
4. When the varnish dries, the tape is attached to the metal surface, ironed with a roller or other soft object, and then removed.

After the correct execution of the described actions on the product, a drawing will remain on which engraving can be performed.

Other engraving methods

In addition to the manual engraving method at home, the following methods of embossing a metal surface can be implemented:

1. Chemical engraving - the method is easy to perform at home, even with ordinary table salt and a phone charger.
2. Using a drill - the method is great for home use. The principle of metal removal by this method is similar to manual engraving, but instead of a caliper, a drill or similar device with a thin rotary is used.
3. - is the most perfect way of drawing a picture on a metal surface, but equipment for this type of work will cost too much. The use of this method of engraving is justified only if the passion for drawing drawings on metal becomes a profession and brings a steady income.

Conclusion

How to make engraving on metal and which method to master to perform this type of work, everyone must decide for himself. For starters, it is recommended to purchase a professional tool for handmade. After working with a hand tool for some time, you can proceed to the development of equipment that will significantly speed up the engraving process.

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Steel tool for engraving, cutter

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The answer to the question "Steel tool for engraving, cutter", 7 letters:
shtihel

Alternative crossword puzzles for shtikhel

Carver tool

Engraver tool

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Thin steel rod hand engraving tool

Hand tool used in tool engraving.

Steel tool, used in incisors and woodcuts

Definition of dictionaries in dictionaries

Great Soviet Encyclopedia Meaning of the word in the dictionary Great Soviet Encyclopedia
   (German: Stichel), engraving tool: a thin steel rod cut at the end at an angle and sharpened; the other end is inserted into a wooden handle having the shape of a mushroom cut off from the side. For engraving on metal, usually C. rhombic ...

New explanatory and derivational dictionary of the Russian language, T. F. Efremova. The meaning of the word in the dictionary New explanatory and derivational dictionary of the Russian language, T. F. Efremova.
   m. Engraving cutter.

Wikipedia Meaning of the word in the Wikipedia dictionary
   Shtikhel - cutting tool, steel tool. It is used when working with metal, wood, bone, stone, leather. It is used for engraving. It is a thin steel rod, 120 mm long, one end of which is cut at an angle and sharpened ....

Examples of the use of the word shtikhel in the literature.

And his shtihel  he ran along a smooth, shiny copper surface, leaving behind a light trail.

At that time, Kiselev could not have imagined which winding line the engraver would draw. shtihel  in the mighty hand of Ivan.

It should be noted that in contrast to the stroke carried out stichel, the etched line is everywhere uniform in thickness and has no tip.

Delicate points on the face and naked body are applied directly to the board with curved dotted lines. stichel  or a needle.

We talked about this and that, I played with a hint stichel, looked around the exposed stones, which were already polished, polished and waited only when the inscription was beaten on them.

Engraving works [Techniques, techniques, products] Podolsky Yuri Fedorovich

Special engraving tool

When treating surfaces in an engraved part that has a large area, the most time-consuming operation is the selection of excess metal between drawings, letters or numbers. Especially a lot of effort is required when the defense works when the metal has to be removed to a great depth. To facilitate this work, special barbs  different shapes and sizes. In fig. five, but  such a prong is depicted. Its profile should correspond to the sample form. For example, when sampling a flat area, a flachshtikhel-type tooth is used, when semicircular grooves are used - a boltshtikhel type, etc. Sharpening and dressing of teeth are no different from sharpening and dressing of shtikhels. In fig. five, b  a diagram of the operation of such a tool when removing metal from an engraved workpiece is shown: the tooth is guided with the left hand and short blows with a hammer are applied to its nape. The thickness of the cut chips is regulated by the inclination of the tooth relative to the surface of the engraved product.

Bastards  (fig. 5, at) - these are special hammer balers that are used for the same work as the shtikheli. The difference lies in the fact that they cut with shtikhely, applying only the force of the hand, and they cut with a slice, striking the head with its hammer, which also significantly speeds up the process of removing large volumes of metal. With the help of cuts, not only engraving work is performed, but they also make a selection of complex figures in molds and dies, as well as make special notches. Hammer engraving sections are made of U8 bar tool steel with a diameter of 8–10 mm and a length of 120–130 mm. On the workpiece at a distance of 20–40 mm from the end, the sides of the cutting part are machined, and on a lathe, knurling is done on the tail part. Then the sections are heat treated to a hardness of HRC 52–54, after which they are slightly sharpened, creating the desired shape. The length of the cutting faces of the cleats should not exceed 8-10 millimeters.

Punches and Maths  applied at the final stage of engraving.

With the help of punches in the metal, the simplest elements of the pattern are knocked out in the form of petals, fir trees and all kinds of curls. The relief image on the working part of the punch is carved by the engraver with metallographic cutters. Before engraving, the metal of the punch is released, and at the end it is tempered again.

After engraving all kinds of seals and stamps, the fields between lines, letters, and other signs are usually obtained uneven from the blows with a styli. The beautiful appearance of the products is given by priming embossments or maths. Maths are embossed with a grooved notch of the working part, intended for textured processing of a metal surface, for example, background (Fig. 5, d) The material for their manufacture are bars of square five-millimeter steel U8. The nape of these instruments is made flat (under the blow of a hammer), and the working part is sawn from all four sides slightly onto a cone. Intersecting deepened lines engrave at the end of this cone. The relief texture on the working end of the mat can be obtained in another way. The end part of the rod is installed on the notch of the file and a hammer impression on the shock part gives a relief impression. After machining, the matics are quenched.

In the manufacture of digital or letter punches and stamps, engravers use another type of tool - convicts. Inmates of various shapes are used for the internal excavation of metal in letters and numbers. A convoy is made of square bar steel of grade U8 with a cross section of 5 to 8 mm and a length of 60–70 mm. Using the engraving, the working part of the convict is shaped into the internal contour of the recess (for example, the letter O), and the side faces at the working end are filed (Fig. 5, g) The shock part of the convicts is cut, and the edges are filed. After machining, the working end of the convicts is subjected to heat treatment.

Fig. five.  Special engraving tool: but  - notch (pick-up); b  - work pick-up; at  - cuts; g  - a convict for the letter O; d  - maths; e  - a spatial square grinding-in for finishing of punches.

In addition to various kinds of incisors, a variety of stamps. A stamp is a tool for processing materials by pressure during plastic deformation (stamping) of a workpiece. The main elements of the stamp are the punch and the matrix. Punch - a stamp with a relief image of letters, signs, etc. for squeezing the image in the manufacture of matrices for typesetting machines and other products.

In order not to engrave a large number of numbers, letters and other signs from 1.5 to 10 mm in size manually, on stamps, tables or nameplates they are stuffed with various punches, the sets of which engravers usually make themselves. Larger numbers and letters are stamped on the press with special stamps. The punch sharpening angle should be exactly 90 ° relative to its axis; therefore, in the manufacture of punches to control the perpendicularity of the working surface to the axis of the punch, use a spatial angle (Fig. 5, e) The blank of the future punch is firmly pressed with your hand to the inner corner of the square, placed on the finishing block and, pressing it to the surface, make straightforward movements until a uniform gloss appears on the working surface of the punch over the entire area.

Finishing complex concave surfaces produce corrugatedrepresenting files and files with various bending radii, profiles and notches of different frequencies. Before giving the file to the intended shape, it is heated red-hot over the fire, then it is allowed to cool slowly and the insulation is wrapped around its working part. This is necessary so as not to damage the notch during bending. The shank of the needle file is clamped in a vise and the working part is bent with round-nose pliers. You can apply any other method of bending, for example in the block. But in all cases, you need to be careful. Finished corrugations harden in the same way as blades of calms.

Scraper  It is used both for the finishing of metal surfaces and for the removal of accidentally cuts and scratches on the engraved surface. The most common are trihedral and tetrahedral scrapers. If the factory-made scraper does not succeed, it can be made from a trihedral or tetrahedral file by sewing a notch from it.

LobsterIt is also a smoothing machine or polisher, designed to polish individual sections of the metal, especially after processing them with a scraper. The working part of this tool carefully rub the surface, smoothing the traces of the cutter. The working part of the rake must be carefully polished. Convenient reliable spherical racks can be made of balls from rolling bearings. The ball is welded to a steel shank, which is then mounted on a wooden handle.