Hello dial makers: I just read Tony and Bill's comments on engraving numerals into metal. Very satisfactory results can be had by hand carving roman numerals using a Dremmel-type tool fitted with a cuttoff disk. I can see why roman numerals were so popular with the ancients because, since they are composed entirely of straight lines, they are so easy to draw and carve! (Curved lines can be engraved by hand using other attachments, but they are harder to do).
The final result probably won't be quite as perfect as Tony's methods, but might be a little easier and less expensive to make. For more information on carving metal and stone by hand, see my website at www.azstarnet.com/~pappas John Carmichael Tucson Arizona
