Hello All,
Not sure what I'm needing is actually called, what I need to do is laser cut into several jigs a company name and what it's for, so it is not lost in hundreds of other jigs at the fabricators.

I'm assuming it is a CAD library of some sort and the big news is I'm willing to pay for it!

Cheers
David

This is an example of what I'm trying to do


Description

Cheers
David

Do you want the stencil made to be able to paint through?

Does it need to be in metal? Oli at Furore Products can produce stencils fairly cheaply in plastic - 3D printed?

Sorry the word stencil is not the correct word.

All I want to do is cut the text into metal plate jigs used to fabricate parts, I could paint letters on but I was after a more professional durable job

Cheers
David

[Edited on 18/2/20 by Minicooper]

Could you not simply freehand weld the company name onto the jigs?

You could try giving https://www.lasermaster.co.uk/ a call

I had them cut me a ITG filter back plate. Cost as much as a blank plate from ITG but I had all the holes cut in the offset position I wanted.

Probably best to call them to discuss, but i think its the sort of thing they'd do.

Are you just after a font? If so plenty of them about such as this https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/4n5oya/anyone_know_of_free_fonts_that_are_suitable_for/

My favourite one is to use Rhino: https://www.rhino3d.com/download (free trial for 45 days per PC)

It makes 2D or 3D CAD objects out of nearly any font on your PC/mac - just press the text button, type and pick the options/size you want
Then you can just add the little connector bits however you like to make them into stencils if need be
Rhino is really good at exporting to dxf/dwg formats (the ones most laser/waterjet cutting places want), but also capable opening and saving to an impressive number of other CAD formats too.


If you like you can send me a u2u with your email and the text/font you want and I'll send you a CAD file back


or alternatively one of the guys I work with uses Inkscape instead - this can also export test CAD objects (although I've never used it myself)



[Edited on 19/2/2020 by mcerd1]

There is free software available that convert fonts to dxf.

Forgot the one I used.

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Originally posted by Minicooper
This is an example of what I'm trying to do


Description

Cheers
David

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so are you looking to press the text into the metal. or actually cut out the text

I need text/fonts that can be modified if required in a cad format like dxf. Normal fonts , including stencil fonts are typically tiff files, no good to me in in my CAD program

Cheers
David

^^ you should have some in you inbox now

Thank you very much all sorted now

Cheers
David