Must share my first marking etch

[Tinker Simpleton]

I just have to share this. I got some stencils from Ernie in the mail yesterday, and I just had to etch SOMETHING. I picked my calipers. Somebody please find something I did wrong because I'm so damned happy I feel like my kids getting a new toy.

 

[69_knives]

Very nice; mine should be here this week, I can't wait.

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Looks great. How about sharing the particulars as to your equip and method?

 

[Tinker Simpleton]

Ernie's stencil, taped down;
Salt water solution
OLD DC toy train controller, measured at 17 vdc and 2.0 amps
q tip connected to alligator clip for dipping
touched across stencil maybe five times at 2 seconds each
redipped a couple of times and changed tips when they got dirty

 

[JasonSCarter]

May the Schwarting be with you! . . .

Nice etching! :thumbup:

Jason

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I looked at your mark and immediately thought...Spaceballs.

The mark looks really good.

 

[Mitchell Knives]

Who made the stencils?

 

[ddavelarsen]

Very nice! I like your mark. Now I have a reason to buy the next train power supply I see at a garage sale or flea market! Never even thought about that.

 

[Tinker Simpleton]

Electric Zombie:

Ernie Grospitch made the stencil. The "font" is a stylized vectored trace of my own handwriting I did it AutoCad. I originally made it to plasma cut my name out of sheet metal for my mailbox, and decided it would also be good to "personalize" a mark on a knife.

 

[The German]

Wow...Now I know what I will do this weekend! Looks great!!

 

[Thin Lizzy81]

I dont know anything about etching. But it looks great!!:thumbup: