Thread: Engraving with a Dremel?

Hey guys,

I am trying to find out what's the best way to engrave with a dremel.

Is there a website where you could buy a stencil ? Custom stencils ?

I'd recommend an extender cord and a fine pointed diamont tip, plus support for your hand and a guide for the dremel. It can be done, but it is so very easy to mess it up and ruin the whole thing in a split second, so preparation is 90% of the battle. Oh, high speed and slow movement. And lots of practice.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

I Googled "dremel stencil engraving" and found all kinds of info on it.

Not sure wether you're planning it on an SR but stensils only work nicely on single curved surfaces. Also make sure to have depth control. I would try to find an engraving system or go to jewelry shop.

Good luck

Please don't call anything you do with a dremel "engraving"...
It feels like an insult to those who really can engrave, I'm not one of them even tho I have been engraving a lot.
My plan is to learn it good when my body won't let me do anything else than sit down with gravers, pitch and an old cannon ball.

My advice: don't. Especially on hardened steel like a straight razor.
I can pretty much guarantee it will end in tears.

Originally Posted by Lemur

Please don't call anything you do with a dremel "engraving"...
It feels like an insult to those who really can engrave, I'm not one of them even tho I have been engraving a lot.
My plan is to learn it good when my body won't let me do anything else than sit down with gravers, pitch and an old cannon ball.

Not a very helpfull reply..?

Yes it was. If you must; were safety glasses.

Perhaps not as diplomatic as it could have been. However, what you do with a dremel can only be called engraving in the same way that using a sledgehammer to remove light fixtures can be called 'redecorating'.

And trust me, even with a fine tipped point, the results are really, really underwhelming.
You don't want to do that to a razor. And that is assuming that you don't suddenly have the tip driving over the surface, scratching the hell out of it because it acidentally caught something.

Man, I wouldn't trust myself for a second doing that... Lol.

I'd either get it professionally done or not do it myself unless I had a TON of practice doing it before touching my blade. Just me, though. Best of luck man.