I am happy to share another engraving from Suzanne Travelstead! See her previous dremel engravings here. She was nice enough to share the details on how she engraved this Harley Davidson mirror. I have sandblast etched their logo before, but can’t find the photo.
It is interesting to note that she mentions that she got permission to use the logo after making some changes to it. This brings up the point, that you should always ask permission from the company if you plan on selling your work or else it would infringe on their copyright. It is great to see that the Harley Davidson motorcycle company was nice enough to allow this with a few tweaks. I imagine the professional sports team logos are the least lenient organizations to allow this sort of thing.
Anyway, she shared the below about how she engraved it:
The logo is designed by Harley Davidson and I got permission to etch it as long as I make a few minor changes from the original. I drew it on the mirror with a Sharpie (free hand) and then used my Dremel with the 7105 & 7503 Diamond Ball Tips and etched over my drawing on the mirror. This was the largest etching I have ever done and am about to etch another one with a Personal Message on it for a customer.
All etchings I do are “Custom Orders”. I do not keep any etched inventory only Clear Glass, Picture Frames and Mirrors on hand for all my customers to chose from for their custom order.
This is a cool looking logo by the way. I have never seen a Harley Davidson logo look like this, so I am not sure if it was altered more than a few tweaks. Overall, it looks good!
Thank you for sharing Suzanne. Please give her some comment love or questions below.
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Thank you Eric for featuring one of my “Custom Etchings”.
Wow done yourself proud .. Xx
I’ve done 1950,60,70,80s ,to present day Harleys on mirrors n tempered glass of all sizes n different logos, but look s good keep it up
@Jackie…Thank You
@Joe … Thank you, I plan on doing more HD designs in the future,
All, although Suzanne had a different experience, I got a heads up from another subscriber stating that a lawyer for Harley Davidson shut down their Etsy shop over one etched glass beer mug. He said he used their name, but changed the font and added a skull but the lawyer said the change in font or design did not make it any less their property.
Just be sure you get permission first.
I was very impressed with Suzanne’s Harley Davidson’s logo, Well done Suzanne. It is mentioned
thought that this is an etching although you say you did it with a Dremel tool and two different diamond tipped burrs. So, it must be engraving rather than etched. Either way you have really
succeeded extremely well to achieve reliability shadowing in the design.
Regard – Derek.
Thank you for sharing. I started etching with a dremel back in 2001. I have done everything …. You name it I did it. I finally completed one 36 x 48″ custom company logo by the companies owner. Love etching wish I could do this everyday for a living.
@Derek Phillips … Thank you. I know most would call it engraving, but I call it etching 😀 It has taken me 5 years to get the shadowing technique down pat. I still have a few more tricks to learn.
@dana … Thank you for checking out my etching. I’ve etched just about anything anyone would ask me to do…I love the challenges people give me. Way to go on the Company Logo!! I’ve done a few windows for a local business with their business logo. The windows were old windows that are now hanging on one of the walls in the establishment with their Logo etched on them. Keep up the good work and some day your etchings will become a business you can love.
Looks very good !!
Ola Suzanne realmente ficou muito bonito parabéns.
nice work wonderful