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My step daughter was in the peace corps in Swaziland Africa and came home in October 2017. She bought a Honda Element and it gave me a good idea for a Christmas present. She talked about the Khumbi's or taxis in Swaziland so I made her a set of custom license plate frames from 1/4" aluminum plate then powder coated and engraved them.
Backside with tabs to hold the plate.
Trying to hold the plate down to engrave the letters and animals ended up being the hardest part, the plate wanted to bow up in the center when clamped on the edges so I ended up setting the part on some 1/4" aluminum and used double back carpet tape to hold it down. also used paper under the toe clamps so as not to damage the powder coat.
Finished license plate holder.
Kevin
Backside with tabs to hold the plate.
Trying to hold the plate down to engrave the letters and animals ended up being the hardest part, the plate wanted to bow up in the center when clamped on the edges so I ended up setting the part on some 1/4" aluminum and used double back carpet tape to hold it down. also used paper under the toe clamps so as not to damage the powder coat.
Finished license plate holder.
Kevin