Deadastronaut's Enclosure Etching Tutorial

[selfdestroyer]

Rob just posted this today and it looks like a great tutorial. Just wanted to share it.

Cody

[TGP39]

Thanks Cody. His etches are always bad ass.

Steve.

[EBRAddict]

Thanks for posting that. I want to start etching an enclosure in the next week or so.

[Lubdar]

Thanks for sharing!

[cooder]

Very cool and amazing stuff that Robert puts out and a fab tutorial! Sweet, thanks for posting!

[chromesphere]

Your fast Cody!  Was just about to share this as well

[Haberdasher]

very cool, i might actually give that a shot sometime soon.  it looks so dang messy though!

[GrindCustoms]

Wow, that is very inviting to that finishing technique!

[Haberdasher]

now to find some decent wet sandpaper that doesn't fall apart in 12 seconds, the stuff i have sucks

[GrindCustoms]

now to find some decent wet sandpaper that doesn't fall apart in 12 seconds, the stuff i have sucks

3M offers for their car autoshop series of product, sanding paper made for wet sanding, it's though, does'nt get clogged fast and will rince easily under water.

[billstein]

Thanks Cody for posting this. Why do I think we're going to see a bunch of etched boxes now in the build reports?

[Haberdasher]

now to find some decent wet sandpaper that doesn't fall apart in 12 seconds, the stuff i have sucks

3M offers for their car autoshop series of product, sanding paper made for wet sanding, it's though, does'nt get clogged fast and will rince easily under water.

thanks for the heads up.  what kind is it, do you know?  is it the silicon carbide type?

NM, i think i was searching for the wrong thing.  i believe the correct type is aluminum oxide...

[GrindCustoms]

now to find some decent wet sandpaper that doesn't fall apart in 12 seconds, the stuff i have sucks

3M offers for their car autoshop series of product, sanding paper made for wet sanding, it's though, does'nt get clogged fast and will rince easily under water.

thanks for the heads up.  what kind is it, do you know?  is it the silicon carbide type?

NM, i think i was searching for the wrong thing.  i believe the correct type is aluminum oxide...

That's the one i use for mechanical jobs.

http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsolutions.3m.com%2Fwps%2Fportal%2F3M%2Fen_US%2F3MIndustrial%2FAbrasives%2FProducts%2F~%2F3M-Trizact-Industrial-Diamond-QRS-Cloth-Sheet-673FA%3FN%3D7582984%2B3294229604%26rt%3Drud&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEfccubXGHl1lbbh_B4tP4ZewqB5g

[mmlee]

Coincidentally I was going to etch some more boxes today, though I've been using caustic soda instead.



Don't forget to flip your images folks!

D'oh.

[m-Kresol]

thanks for sharing.
he makes it look sooo easy! I have to admit that the actual etching isn't too hard. It's the toner transfer that always seems to screw it up for me. No matter how long I iron, I always loose a little bit of detail. I'll have to try a few more times, maybe a coarser grid sanding paper will do the trick. Also, I might give FeCl3 another shot.