What Will You Engrave? How Many Will ​You Make?

Your time is too valuable to be spending it tediously cutting sheets into pieces. The smart choice is to rely on Scott Machine. We manufacture all kinds of engraving blanks, from large sheets to ready-made panels – even custom-cut pieces. Need metals for burnishing or scribing? We have those, too. And the best part is that our entire selection is easily available, right on our ​Internet store.

Engrave your electrical equipment panels and other ID signs easily and efficiently, when using this rugged 1/16” thick scuff-resistant ID plate. Our quick-peel adhesive-backed blanks offer a secure, invisible hold, even in industrial settings. We offer just the right sign engraving machine, too, backed by a solid warranty that reflects our more than 50 years of ​satisfactory service.

1" x 3" x 1/16" Black/white ID ​plate: $0.30
With adhesive ​backing: $0.34
Quantity ​discounts available

One of the keys to quality engraving is in the materials – and for the SignGraver® machine, that means tough and economical. While other engraver technologies require very costly engraving materials, Scott Machine manufactures exacting engraving plastics, most with our own registered trademarks, that are affordably priced and specifically designed for our equipment like the SignGraver® ​engraving machine.

Sample details: Scott-Ply™ White/Black; 2.5" x 4"; Logo and text; clear, fine-line (0.015" ​diameter cutter)

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You’re never just a number to us, but whatever the volume of tags you need to create…whether that number goes up or down…we can accommodate you. And that’s true whether you need a faster, larger engraving machine or merely a lot more blanks and profiles. Either way, Scott Machine is your most ​resourceful source.

Watch the video about Engraving Legend Plates.

Sample details: engraved LEGD010; 2 1/4 square with 1 7/32" hole; X01 Black/White; X06 Yellow/Black; X70 Green/White. (CAR1 ​0.015" cutter)

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Need to produce a larger sign that’s weather-resistant and easy to see from a considerable distance? One that’s fully customizable for any season, event or schedule? The SignGraver® engraving machine is up to the task. Combine it with one of our special all-climate engraving plastics up to 11 1/4" x 16 1/8", and create powerful signs where the viewing distance is at least 150 times the letter height. A 2-inch letter is clearly visible from 25 feet away, even in facilities with ​limited light!

Watch the video about: Large Letter Engraving.

Don't just say it. Emphasize and categorize your message with valve tags in custom colors and shapes. Purchase the blanks from us and then add the text using one of our several engravers. Or let us quote on finished valve tags, ready ​to install.

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Sample details: engraved; 1 1/2" disc X03 Red/White; 2"x2" square X06 Yellow/Black. (CAR4 ​0.060" cutter)

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High-visibility projecting signs that extend perpendicularly from a warehouse shelves are simple to produce on a Scott engraving machine. Create an orderly, easily-understood sign program by standardizing on a few sizes and colors. Engraved panels hold up on virtually any surface, from rough wood and rusty metal to wire and pipe racks, outdoor locations, and more. Let's walk down the aisles and see examples of your Warehouse Signs.

This sign is 10"x12" with 4" letters. Viewing distance ​is 40'.

We provide safety sign blanks, with "Caution", "Danger", "Notice" and other headings in bold lettering. Clarify your warnings with your own specific words, distinctly engraved for easy recognition. These durable sign panels can be mounted with screws, nails or even ​double-sided tape.

Price guidance: "Caution" sign blank, ready to engrave, ​weatherable, ​7" x 10": $10.60

Sample details: Engraved message on Caution safety sign 2 7/8" x 4"; unengraved Danger Sign 7" x 10"; both 1/16"-thick Scott-Ply weatherable ​engraving plastic.

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Talk about tough and versatile. Our blank, custom-shaped profiles are perfect for uses like fire department accountability tags. Just engrave the names and numbers. And remember that, as a manufacturer, we can respond instantly to requests in ways that distributors ​never could.

These tags have been engraved using the "filled font" shown above. This yields letters that are gracefully formed, with thick and thin sections, and ​crisp serifs.

Watch Engraving a Name Tag.

A strong logo can also be part of the engraving itself. Send us your logo and Scott Machine can convert it into a version that engraves cleanly, then you engrave the logo, name, and lettering into the tag material. It keeps the tag simple, durable, and fully made with your ​Scott engraver.

Scott Machine can print your logo or artwork on the tag blank, giving the name tag a polished company look before it ever reaches your shop. You engrave the names, titles, departments, or other changing information as needed. It’s a practical way to combine a sharp printed logo with the flexibility of ​in-house engraving.

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Call today, at 1-607-865-6511, for a couple of these free MetalFrost™ name tag samples, our latest examples of engraving versatility. Then pass them among ​your staff.

We make it easy to engrave ever-popular QR codes on panel displays like our durable Scott-Ply. The software for our engraving machines enables you to use any of numerous common QR code generators to link your message to websites, instruction pages and more. And the panel mounts almost anywhere in ​your facility.

See how it's done on our QR Code Demo Page.

Did we say that this ​tag lasts?

Most grades of stainless steel are too hard for engraving and their surfaces can turn brown over time. Our tags are made of 0.025"-thick premium stainless steel #316, yielding the cleanest letter groove. For hostile environments having high temperatures and caustic materials, and even less hostile conditions, we always use stainless ​steel #316.

Engrave this yourself with our MetalGraver 12/9 stainless steel ​engraving machine.

Sample details: engraved logo and text; 3/8" & 1/8" high lettering (1/8" is the smallest we recommend); brushed surface; round corners; ​1/8" hole.

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Create a lasting impression by scribing fine letters into frosted aluminum serial number plates. We'll print your logo and layout using your custom colors. Then you use a diamond tipped-tipped tool to scribe (deeply scratch) lettering. Click the image to inspect the words "ALUMINUM and SCRIBING. For a closer look, request a free ​sample below.

Sample details: Aluminum tag with holes; custom printed logo and black fields; scribing through black printing. (DG1 120-degree ​diamond scribe)

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Scribing is something like scratching, but at a controlled depth using a non-spinning, diamond-tipped tool. It creates the most detail for marking metals, e.g., a metal award plaque with "line art" images. (DG1 120-degree ​diamond scribe)

Burnishing has no depth; it's merely a surface effect, created by a blunt spinning tool that scuffs the surface to produce a lustrous letter. Burnishing is ideal for softer metals. ​(TPB1 0.010" burnisher)

For engraving stainless steel our industrial engraver is the right choice. The more economical AutoGraver is the solution for non-ferrous metals, shown two images below. (CARCQS 0.020" stainless ​steel cutter)

Click the image for a closer look. The diamond tip tool creates flawless, small lettering on aluminum, brass and other ​no-ferrous metals.

Use the finest single- or multi-line fonts, or import line art of your logos easily in our professional ​engraving software.

Customize your standard blank serial number plates in seconds with indelible scribed letters. Create a template on the computer screen and your operator simply fills the boxes, ensuring the lettering appears exactly where your want it to create a name plate worthy of ​your brand.

Or, send us your art and layout for us to print your blank aluminum plates that you scribe, whenever you ​need them.

Here’s a fresh twist on a room sign: the large “3” is silhouette engraved, letting the background shape do the talking instead of simply engraving a numeral on top. It gives the sign a cleaner, more architectural look, with a bold room number and friendly message working together. A small engraving detail can make the whole sign feel ​more contemporary.

Made from lightly textured Scott-Spectrum seafoam green/white engraving plastic, this sign is 1/16" thick and measures 2" x 6". It mounts easily with removable or permanent ​double-sided adhesive.

No matter how involved your signage project, we can guide you through every step. Our quality computerized engraving machines, engravable plastic stock and other supplies and advice are all you need to make your switch plates and informative legends. So don’t be afraid of intricate patterns and detailed impressions…Scott Machine has the comprehensive solutions. (Large letters, CAR4 0.060" cutter; fine letters CAR1 ​0.015" cutter)

Here’s some budget guidance, using rugged Scott-Ply ​plastic panels:
4" x 6" x 1/16" thick, ​black/white $1.83
6" x 8" x 1/16" thick, ​black/white $3.33

You can produce parts like these, with round corners ​and holes.

Or, we're happy to produce ready-to-engrave sign blanks, with round corners and holes to your specifications. Exactly where should the hole be engraved? Here's an example of specifying the location of the center of ​the hole.

Complicated shape? No problem. No matter how complex the shape, you can produce them yourself. Here are some examples.

If your volume is small, we’ll gladly make your finished signs for you. When the numbers increase, we can quickly set you up with a complete engraving system of your own. It’s that simple – we pride ourselves in our hardware, software, supplies and ​sound advice.

Here's where our journey began -- remember wood blocks on executive desks? Done properly, using one of our first engraver models, it allowed the stranger on the other side of the desk to put a friendly name to ​a face.

Even today, a name becomes a warm welcome when it’s engraved on a handsome desktop name plate. It’s an invitation to become friends, especially when professionally created, using a Scott Signgraver engraving machine and the many different supplies available to you from our ​wide selection.

New staff members feel immediately welcome with a personalized name badge, the kind our first customers engraved over 60 years ago. At that time, our entry level engraving machines even made it possible for students to utilize them in high school shop classes, make names for band team members and more. Literally thousands were sold across America. Our popular brushed aluminum surface with crisp blue lettering, shown here, is just one of many attractive combinations that today celebrate your school or company colors, as well as faculty and dedicated ​staff members.

Whatever the name, event or circumstance, people have used Scott engraving machines to help tell their story – on name tags and badges, factory labels and more – for over ​60 years.

From those earlier times when local clubs and organizations would engrave plaques for trophies or simple items for fundraising, today’s expanded applications can be found in factories, offices, museums, restaurants and more. For over 60 years, Scott Machine has been an industry innovator, routinely presenting new engraving techniques ​and technology.