How do they match: Etchers and Engravers

  • Set reduction scales to attain specified sizes of reproduction on workpieces, and set pantograph controls for required heights, depths, and widths of cuts.
  • Clean and polish engraved areas.
  • Determine machine settings, and move bars or levers to reproduce designs on rollers or plates.
  • Prepare workpieces for etching or engraving by cutting, sanding, cleaning, polishing, or treating them with wax, acid resist, lime, etching powder, or light-sensitive enamel.

  • Polish materials, workpieces, or finished products.
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
  • Determine production equipment settings.