FxrAndy Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 Try using a vise to press the numbers in (with packing inside the case back) that way if it is not deep enough you can try again but get the same pressure in the same place.
freddy333 Posted May 25, 2007 Author Report Posted May 25, 2007 fx - That is on my list of experiments. But I have a feeling the amount of force that will be required to imprint into steel using constant pressure from a vise will greatly exceed my little hobbyist's vise's limitations. For that, I think a very large shop vise would be required and I do not have access to anything like that. The big problem now, is finding more scrap caseback to experiment on.
milsub5517 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Posted December 19, 2008 just found this thread. lots of good ideas here. freddy, any success replicating that stamped look?? i will try to re-trace letters with something sharp to make them a bit deeper and then lots of polishing... now i just need a spare case back to practice on.
pauluk Posted December 19, 2008 Report Posted December 19, 2008 Hi Freddy pleased to meet you, when I did my drsd case back I used the dremmel with the small polishing wheel and kept polishing the stamping only and I spent ages on it the result I got was the widened stamping just like the original, I kept on polishing in all directions on each letter and one thing to keep in mind is all the case backs I have seen have had different mounts of wear, I did see a double red that had hardly been worn and the case back still had the black paint and believe it or not looked a lot like the mbw markings, also I think the comex numbers were stamped with a hand press.
freddy333 Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Posted December 19, 2008 Pauluk - I cannot imagine that polishing will do much to widen an MBW DRSD caseback engraving. I spent about an hour grinding my caseback with coarse sandpaper & it did little to widen the lettering (it did smooth the edges a bit, which helped). I then spent another hour polishing out the sandpaper marks.
flex Posted December 20, 2008 Report Posted December 20, 2008 Avitt, your case back looks really good. here is a pic of mine.
pauluk Posted December 20, 2008 Report Posted December 20, 2008 believe it it really did take ages I posted pics on the replica collector a few years ago, the pictures will be on my old computer but I am working on a comex 1665 at the minute and I will post pictures when its finished I have some great parts to make it look good and can do the work myself no problem anyway keep polishing with the blue paste!
slickdick Posted December 20, 2008 Report Posted December 20, 2008 I've bought the greate white Pauluk is talking about, and i must say, the caseback does indeed look very good. very much like avit's. Ill try to get a picture up.
kingkitesurf Posted December 21, 2008 Report Posted December 21, 2008 Guys, It's been a while since I posted but the major telltale on the caseback used to be the dot between two words. If it aligns between the upper stripe of the E and the letter opposite it was gen... now it looks like it has been fixed. A lot of sanding and deepeening with the dremmel works to make it look more gen but the dot was the major problem... BTW Flex you are lying yours is gen!
flex Posted December 21, 2008 Report Posted December 21, 2008 oh sorry.. got it.. it's gen. v slow today. it's from VN (NDtrading quality)..
freddy333 Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Posted December 21, 2008 it's from VN (NDtrading quality).. To the best of my knowledge, the MBW DRSD caseback has not been 'fixed'. My caseback is also Vietnamese (which has a different set of issues - as always, the decision comes down to which set of inaccuracies offends you the least).
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