Help, please: Please advise on engraving of paricularly hard steel (like revolver hammer)

[jmishtenko]

Tried an Uberti Colt Navy. No graver, carbide or not. will take a cut.

 

[monk]

anneal, then engrave, last but not least--- heat treat the part. this may best be left to a pro that knows how it's done & has the right equipment. heat treating guns and their parts can be a risky undertaking.

 

[jmishtenko]

Thanks, Monk,
That was the thing, I don't know enough about. I have been offered to get it heat treated with the replacement of the hammer on me, should it go wrong. By the sound of it - get a spare hammer beforehand, or leave it as it is.

 

[Sam]

The moral of the store is: Don't start cutting until you know for certain that the article can be engraved. It's easy to make very expensive mistakes if you don't.

 

[monk]

Thanks, Monk,
That was the thing, I don't know enough about. I have been offered to get it heat treated with the replacement of the hammer on me, should it go wrong. By the sound of it - get a spare hammer beforehand, or leave it as it is.

there's a few members that do this. heat treating cylinders and other critical parts of a gun can lead to bad results when done improperly. in this instance, i'd err on the side of safety, rather than making things easier to engrave. your hammer is not critical. worst scenario would be the development of unwanted cracks.

 

[Beathard]

I have engraved them before. Increase you face angle and speed up your handpiece.