Soup up your personalizer

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TJ Smith

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I planned on building Bob Warners electro etch unit. I had a personalizer but wanted a deeper etch and better marking.
I thought maybe I could modify the personalizer so I took of the cover and it was almost the same as Bobs schematics,
I bought the transformer that Bob recommends for his unit. It fit with only drilling out 1 hole a little larger.The trans was a 25.2 volt 2 amp model. I wired it up and had to redo the led as on Bobs plans. I have 25.5 volts dc and 24.5 volts ac.
I tried a logo etch and mark and it came out great.
Put the machine on etch(dc). switch off. Switch on count 123 off 456 on 789 off 10 11 12 on 13 14 15 off switch to mark on 1234567 off great mark.
Cost $9.99 + tax
My $.02
Take Care
TJ
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I did the same thing to my unit and it will actually sizzle when etching. I like it alot now.

Craig
 
The more sizzling the more heat will build up. Short "touches" and enough cooling time will help extend stencil life, but, yes, they will burn.
 
I don't have any problem with the stencils burning, but I touch for a count of three and then raise the pad off of the stencil for a count of three.

Craig
 
I just ordered a Personalizer, could you let me know what type of transformer to use if I want to upgrade later. Or the website where I could find this information.
 
Hi TJ. I just build-up my personalizer just like you did, so now I effectively have a Warner unit. I'm getting 24 on DC, and 27 on AC for some reason. I haven't experimented much yet, and I can see that I have a long ways to go. My hand unit in fact gets hot (as does the blade) is I carry on for to long. I see a little smoke floating around the hand piece also if I hold it to long. Anyway, looks like it'll be a better system than the etch-o-matic. I never did like holding the entire transformer in my hand while etching the name. BUT, I'm not knocking it, I don't knock anything or anybody anymore, getting to old.
 
Burning stencils or not, the sizzle is music to the ears. Like cookin' bacon. :D
 
I used to rebuild battery chargers for industrial equipment and found that the voltage drop you were wondering about is due to the resistance of the diodes(4 in a full wave) in the bridge rectifier used to convert ac to dc.
 
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