RedfordTrails
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Hi, I took a simple job to engrave a phrase in script on the outside of a ring. This ring is stamped TITANIUM but it's black in color. I believe some kind of anodizing... from what I was told any way. I put my layout on the ring and when I tried to make my first cut the the graver wanted to just slide over the top of the metal. So I re-sharpened and tried a very steep entrance angle forcing the sharpest part of my flat graver to the surface. It wouldn't enter. It wouldn't even scratch it!!! It just burnished the sides of my flat graver round.
I thought titanium could be engraved? Is it just hard from the black coloring process?
Any help is appreciated. I think I'm going to have to give the ring back as not engravable though.
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I thought titanium could be engraved? Is it just hard from the black coloring process?
Any help is appreciated. I think I'm going to have to give the ring back as not engravable though.
:thinking: