CNC Custom Sill Plates
#1
08-20-2016, 11:37 AM
CNC Custom Sill Plates
My custom sill plates arrived late yesterday. These look great and I'm really impressed. They truly are a work of art, in my opinion. These are very difficult to photograph and I don't possess great skills in this area. I believe the detail is visible enough in the pictures though. I tried to take the picture at an angle to darken the engraving a bit. Thus getting an idea of what the painted plate will look like.
Now it off to get the right black paint and finish them up. I'm going to take the post space below for pictures of the finished plates.
Regards,
#2
08-20-2016, 11:38 AM
Painted engraving with flat black.
Original sill plate, it was off center when I bought the car.
Final polish. I may have over done it a bit. Easy enough to put it back to a satin finish.
Installed
Regards,
Last edited by W126C; 08-22-2016 at 09:34 PM.
#5
08-21-2016, 08:18 PM
My apologies, just a crazy weekend. I'll try to finish these this week.
captain Greg did the CDC work. I'm not sure if he will be making anymore. I'll let him chime in on that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke_A...ature=youtu.be
Just in case somebody missed the video.
Regards,
captain Greg did the CDC work. I'm not sure if he will be making anymore. I'll let him chime in on that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke_A...ature=youtu.be
Just in case somebody missed the video.
Regards,
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#10
08-22-2016, 11:07 PM
The shine, reflection does make it hard to take pics of, and in the real they present much better than on a pic because the writing reflects in itself, therefore it appears blurred
one would be silly to question the precision of CnC milling as was done by a certain forum member on here with the handle BMW
I would inlay green into the wings and black into the writing Aston in the wings, when it dries you simply put a 1000 water paper on a block and sand it back to a matt finish,
With mine , I ran just a coki pen into the writing ....best thing is it's stainless so when you want to change that simply throw it in paint remover and and buff with the water paper, you ain't ever going to sand through the writing
Just remember always run the water paper in one direction when flating it back
glad they got to you safe
one would be silly to question the precision of CnC milling as was done by a certain forum member on here with the handle BMW
I would inlay green into the wings and black into the writing Aston in the wings, when it dries you simply put a 1000 water paper on a block and sand it back to a matt finish,
With mine , I ran just a coki pen into the writing ....best thing is it's stainless so when you want to change that simply throw it in paint remover and and buff with the water paper, you ain't ever going to sand through the writing
Just remember always run the water paper in one direction when flating it back
glad they got to you safe
#11
08-22-2016, 11:09 PM
The shine, reflection does make it hard to take pics of, and in the real they present much better than on a pic because the writing reflects in itself, therefore it appears blurred
one would be silly to question the precision of CnC milling as was done by a certain forum member on here with the handle BMW
I would inlay green into the wings and black into the writing Aston in the wings, when it dries you simply put a 1000 water paper on a block and sand it back to a matt finish,
With mine , I ran just a coki pen into the writing ....best thing is it's stainless so when you want to change that simply throw it in paint remover and and buff with the water paper, you ain't ever going to sand through the writing
Just remember always run the water paper in one direction when flating it back
glad they got to you safe
one would be silly to question the precision of CnC milling as was done by a certain forum member on here with the handle BMW
I would inlay green into the wings and black into the writing Aston in the wings, when it dries you simply put a 1000 water paper on a block and sand it back to a matt finish,
With mine , I ran just a coki pen into the writing ....best thing is it's stainless so when you want to change that simply throw it in paint remover and and buff with the water paper, you ain't ever going to sand through the writing
Just remember always run the water paper in one direction when flating it back
glad they got to you safe
#12
08-23-2016, 06:08 AM
Thanks Greg. They look really good in person and as they say, pictures just don't do it justice. I just couldn't be more pleased with the outcome. I'm staying with the black as that looks closer to OEM. Another thing is the size is just right. When opening the door they are readable, not so small you strain your eyes to figure out what is written. These don't jump out at you either, they just look like they belong there.
Regards,
Regards,
#13
08-24-2016, 01:21 PM
Thanks Greg. They look really good in person and as they say, pictures just don't do it justice. I just couldn't be more pleased with the outcome. I'm staying with the black as that looks closer to OEM. Another thing is the size is just right. When opening the door they are readable, not so small you strain your eyes to figure out what is written. These don't jump out at you either, they just look like they belong there.
Regards,
Regards,
glad it works I will be popping in for a crown in a few months hope you do us proud
#14
10-06-2020, 03:49 PM
The shine, reflection does make it hard to take pics of, and in the real they present much better than on a pic because the writing reflects in itself, therefore it appears blurred
one would be silly to question the precision of CnC milling as was done by a certain forum member on here with the handle BMW
I would inlay green into the wings and black into the writing Aston in the wings, when it dries you simply put a 1000 water paper on a block and sand it back to a matt finish,
With mine , I ran just a coki pen into the writing ....best thing is it's stainless so when you want to change that simply throw it in paint remover and and buff with the water paper, you ain't ever going to sand through the writing
Just remember always run the water paper in one direction when flating it back
glad they got to you safe
one would be silly to question the precision of CnC milling as was done by a certain forum member on here with the handle BMW
I would inlay green into the wings and black into the writing Aston in the wings, when it dries you simply put a 1000 water paper on a block and sand it back to a matt finish,
With mine , I ran just a coki pen into the writing ....best thing is it's stainless so when you want to change that simply throw it in paint remover and and buff with the water paper, you ain't ever going to sand through the writing
Just remember always run the water paper in one direction when flating it back
glad they got to you safe
Are you still making these?
I would be interested in sill plates for my DB7 as well as a final inspection plate.
