Engraved fuel Cap recommendation

[algrajek]

Just want to put a plug in for "Up North Aviation" engraved fuel caps.
They did a great job on my RV8 caps and very easy to work with and reasonable.
Nordo

[scootwoot]

I second that they did a great job on my fathers day present! my -6 caps.
Quick turn around too!

[Billvt]

Check out fuel cap engraving at www.upnorthaviation.com

[Kyle Boatright]

Not to knock other resources, but most local trophy shops can engrave fuel caps.

[Billvt]

Trophy engravers are great but do they....

- clean and acid etch the caps?
- add color to lettering and heat cure?
- coat with AVGAS resistant clear coat and heat cure?

We do!!

RV caps put up with a lot more activity than an engraved plate on your trophy sitting on a shelf !!!!

[ColoRv]

Do you also offer unpainted and not clear coated? Paint fades, and clear coat chips when you pry up on it...or dropped on the ground.

On a fuel cap, I think I'd prefer engraved but unfinished. What's your typical turn around time?

[Steve Barnes]

To do a good job I believe the caps have be machined. The trophy's that I have seen use surface etching. A machinist friend did mine and they look great. Probably about .030 deep.

Steve

[Billvt]

The caps I engrave are machined using a CNC router system

I also do caps with no fill in the lettering or clear coat on top.

One very nice look is to polished the caps, have me engrave them and leave the lettering unpainted and no clear coat.

Any questions contact me through the web site below

[kevinh]

Originally Posted by Steve Barnes

To do a good job I believe the caps have be machined. The trophy's that I have seen use surface etching.

The trophy shop I went to machined very nice letters in my cap for a quite reasonable fee. But this gives me an excuse for a slightly off topic message:

While waiting for my caps I saw an aluminum plate on the wall with the famous pioneer space probe plaque. As it turns out, when the NASA group at Moffett field needed to have the plaques made, they took out the phone book - looked for a trophy shop and drove over. The same old guy that did my caps had done the pioneer plaques and he had kept some of his scrap test pieces. Too cool!

[Tony Rome]

Ordered a set of fuel caps from Bill at Up North Aviation, they arrived a few days after placing the order. They look great. Bill must machine and mail the caps out the same day after receiving the order.