How do they match: Etchers and Engravers

  • Insert cutting tools or bits into machines and secure them with wrenches.
  • Measure and compute dimensions of lettering, designs, or patterns to be engraved.
  • Neutralize workpieces to remove acid, wax, or enamel, using water, solvents, brushes, or specialized machines.
  • Prepare etching chemicals according to formulas, diluting acid with water to obtain solutions of specified concentration.
  • Set reduction scales to attain specified sizes of reproduction on workpieces, and set pantograph controls for required heights, depths, and widths of cuts.
  • Use computer software to design patterns for engraving.

  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.