Hello you engraving gurus and everybody else
I plan a nice engraving for my case. The side panel of the case is aluminium and painted black.
I read some engraving guides on the web and now I'm not sure how to get the picture onto the side panel. I've read about gluing paper on the panel, using carbon paper and tracing the lines and using laser printer and thinner to bring the lines onto the side panel. I did some engravings to practice using the glue paper to the object method. Personally, I don't like this method because the paper is annoying and in me view so I can't see the panel properly.
So I'd like to hear your suggestions on this and your favourite method to bring the lines to the object.
EDIT: Used the carbon paper method today and it worked fine but please share your wisdom with me nonetheless.