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Old 03-14-2009, 06:37 PM
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This is done on a little 3x magnifier I found at Harbor freight. It is very thin plastic, so I cut it with less than 5 lbs air pressure with a 90*. It was fun to do.
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Old 03-14-2009, 06:55 PM
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That is just great Gail!
And here I was looking for something like usb sticks with a stainless outercasing whenn I could have engraved the plastic like you did
Thanks so much for showing.

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Old 03-15-2009, 01:09 AM
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Hey Gail.. it does look like a fun little project.
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Old 03-15-2009, 01:18 PM
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Thanks guys for the comments. It is credit card size and handy to carry, The lens is decent, too.
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Hi Gail. Your scroll and shading looks great. I'll bet that did take a light touch because I never would have known that was plastic ... looks like it cut nice and smooth as steel.

Don't forget to sign it. Your name on it, in a nice script, is the only thing missing.

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