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worldwood said:
I ordered a 12v lantern battery and some alligator leads and im going to try to use that and etch with salt/vinegar. I have read people use a 9V so hopefully this works out OK.

I have stencils stickers that 710 had made for me and im going to practice out on a couple blades that i wont be upset if i mess up.

If this doesnt work im going to look into an etch-o-matic or other etcher. I just dont like the thought of breaking a cell phone charger and playing with 2 loose wires plugged into the wall.
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It'll work, WW. You'll just get more etching out of a 12v lantern battery than a 9v because the 12v has more amp/hours. You'll need an A/C power source (like a doorbell transformer) to darken the etch though, if that's what you're looking for. I did my first one with a car battery charger (on the 2 amp setting) and a 16VAC alarm system transformer. Water/salt(white vinegar if you want) works fine. The most important thing for a clean etch is the stencil/mask/resist, IMO. It's a good idea to burnish tape or stencil where you'll be etching; if your solution gets under the mask or stencil it makes for a fuzzy etch. Looking forward to seeing the results!
 
LeeBower said:
Hope you guys are staying warm.. brutal cold for some of ya'll.. I'm soaking it up here so when it is 111 degrees this summer I won't melt...





Would be pretty a pretty light addition, with titanium and cable...

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This looks interesting, However, I would like to see someone use one. Im wondering if it would be difficult since it looks as if it would lack rigidity.
 
granitestateofmind said:
It'll work, WW. You'll just get more etching out of a 12v lantern battery than a 9v because the 12v has more amp/hours. You'll need an A/C power source (like a doorbell transformer) to darken the etch though, if that's what you're looking for. I did my first one with a car battery charger (on the 2 amp setting) and a 16VAC alarm system transformer. Water/salt(white vinegar if you want) works fine. The most important thing for a clean etch is the stencil/mask/resist, IMO. It's a good idea to burnish tape or stencil where you'll be etching; if your solution gets under the mask or stencil it makes for a fuzzy etch. Looking forward to seeing the results!
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You lost me with the A/C power source. I thought all i needed was a battery and the electrolyte....
 
Spyderco those look great. Honestly i like the bottom one one more, but both look great.
 
tradewater said:
Polar vortex sounds like something Lex Luthor cooked up.
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james terrio said:
I want to start a band called "ThunderSnow".
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The morning radio DJ during my commute suggested that the weather people are just making this stuff up as they go. He grew up in Minnesota and never heard of polar vortex until this year. The latest was news this morning that parts of Canada had a "frost quake"...supposedly frozen groundwater makes the ground crack and rumble just like a standard earthquake. And when did they start naming winter storms? Tropical storms, yes, because they might grow up into a hurricane or typhoon...that has been going on forever. But winter storms? Seriously? What do they grow up to be? These weather people must have too much time on their hands...and this is what happens when you have an entire tv network devoted to weather.
 
GSO1962 said:
The morning radio DJ during my commute suggested that the weather people are just making this stuff up as they go. He grew up in Minnesota and never heard of polar vortex until this year.
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I'm sure that's true. They have to make a name for themselves somehow, other than just reading what the NWS tells them to say ;)

granitestateofmind said:
(shakes head)...child of the 70's.....

We used to dream up band names all the time in high school and college. That was about as far as it went.
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Sadly, I actually played in bands right after HS and all throughout college and beyond... which probably explains why I don't have a degree :D

worldwood said:
You lost me with the A/C power source. I thought all i needed was a battery and the electrolyte....
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Basically, DC will make a deep mark, you need AC to make it turn black.
 
2° here. Heat wave, haha. Supposed to get up to a balmy 18° today, which is 32° warmer than yesterday morning.
 
james terrio said:
Sadly, I actually played in bands right after HS and all throughout college and beyond... which probably explains why I don't have a degree :D
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I have a degree, one that I've never used - at least for a job, at any rate. Wish I'd spent more time playing in bands. Who knows, anyway? My great uncle never even went to college; he died at age 95 a multi-millionaire (if not billionaire) with several successful business ventures and was scuba diving up until the age of 92. There's no guarantee of success in life (much less any reliable measure) education or no.

worldwood said:
You lost me with the A/C power source. I thought all i needed was a battery and the electrolyte....
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james terrio said:
Basically, DC will make a deep mark, you need AC to make it turn black.
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Yeah. DC just etches, AC blackens. On my 16, I deepened the laser etch with the car battery charger, thn blackened it with AC so it would be more visible after I stripped it. DC does "roughen" up the steel, though, that might be enough for your purposes, WW.

GSO1962 said:
The morning radio DJ during my commute suggested that the weather people are just making this stuff up as they go. He grew up in Minnesota and never heard of polar vortex until this year. The latest was news this morning that parts of Canada had a "frost quake"...supposedly frozen groundwater makes the ground crack and rumble just like a standard earthquake. And when did they start naming winter storms? Tropical storms, yes, because they might grow up into a hurricane or typhoon...that has been going on forever. But winter storms? Seriously? What do they grow up to be? These weather people must have too much time on their hands...and this is what happens when you have an entire tv network devoted to weather.
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I don't necessarily agree with naming winter storms but as any New Englander knows, a Nor'easter is pretty much a winter hurricane - and some of these winter storm systems are large enough that they really do qualify as "nameable", IMO (even though I think it is dumb). Weather will happen with or without TV coverage....
 
granitestateofmind said:
My great uncle never even went to college; he died at age 95 a multi-millionaire (if not billionaire)...
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That reminds me, I'm pretty sure we're related... just sayin... :D

I know what you mean though - who knows how stuff works out. One of my great aunts was "nothing more than" a secretary at a very small branch of a well-known oil company for basically her entire working life, and lived a very humble lifestyle. Anyone would have assumed she was just living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Imagine our surprise when she passed away... and in her will, spread out a couple million dollars among her church, a few charities she admired, and pretty much everyone she was even remotely related to. Turns out, all those years she had just been buying little chunks of stock in that oil company every payday for decades, and just kept rolling over the dividends into more stock...
 
Ok, I have a question... I have an uncoated blade. I want to etch a name into it, in the spine. Would electro-etching be viable for that or should I just do chemical etching?
 
Chameleonbear said:
Ok, I have a question... I have an uncoated blade. I want to etch a name into it, in the spine. Would electro-etching be viable for that or should I just do chemical etching?
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Is it viable, absolutely. No different than any other piece of bare steel, really. Lots of makers electro-etch on the spine - either their name, the steel type, the date, or whatever.

It depends more on what you have available, and how much you want to put into it - which will depend mostly one whether this is a one-time deal or something you're going to want to do again and again.

Cooper's got the right idea if it's just going to be a now-and-then thing. :thumbup:

You could also look around for jewelers/trophy shops that do custom laser engraving.

For goodness sakes, if you choose a DIY method, practice a few times on scrap first.
 
Wouldnt a sharpie mark just wipe off?

I did see some of these. not sure how well they might work...

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WW Thanks for the Sodbuster! This is a great little pocket knife. Very little edge tweaking and I took skin shaving hair on my wrist.
 
james terrio said:
That reminds me, I'm pretty sure we're related... just sayin... :D

I know what you mean though - who knows how stuff works out. One of my great aunts was "nothing more than" a secretary at a very small branch of a well-known oil company for basically her entire working life, and lived a very humble lifestyle. Anyone would have assumed she was just living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Imagine our surprise when she passed away... and in her will, spread out a couple million dollars among her church, a few charities she admired, and pretty much everyone she was even remotely related to. Turns out, all those years she had just been buying little chunks of stock in that oil company every payday for decades, and just kept rolling over the dividends into more stock...
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That is an amazing story! My great (maybe great great) grandfather on my fathers side was a Swedish immigrant, came to America, met a lady who was an Irish Immigrant, and got married. Basically came here with nothing and at the end of his life owned several farms/ranches between Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Owned several banks in the same regions and was a generally influential man. The best way I can quantify the amount of money he made is to tell you like I was told "a lot." Upon his passing all that money went to his sons who turned out to be horrible people. Soooo all that hard work basically went for nothing.

Second thought your story was way better lol
 
worldwood said:
Wouldnt a sharpie mark just wipe off?

I did see some of these. not sure how well they might work...
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This is the snark thread!!

If you have any doubt about the sincerity of most of my posts, it is usually safe to say I am being a smart ass.

:D
 
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