steampunkworkshop.com— "Here's a technique I adapted for easily impressing images into brass plate. I say "impressing" but what I'm actually doing is electro-chemically etching the brass."
Dec 22, 2006View in Crawl 4
ummm.. I can make those with a copper plate, an etching/intaglio stylus and Ferric Chloride. Then again thats brass, havent tried etching anything in brass.
petronskiDec 22, 2006
That Strat kicks ass.
Closed AccountDec 22, 2006
I checked with the overseers, they say "stfu". They also said, "Don't worry he will know what that means".
Closed AccountDec 22, 2006
I liked the idea, but then started trying to think why I'd want to do press printing if I've got the requisite laser printer.
Closed AccountDec 22, 2006
that's nothing till you bend, fold and solder etched material for making tank parts 35 times smaller than the original -<a class="user" href="http://www.planetarmor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1906&highlight=photoetch">http://www.planetarmor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1906&highlight=photoetch</a>
malice8691Dec 22, 2006
Very nice.
markperiaDec 22, 2006
ummm.. I can make those with a copper plate, an etching/intaglio stylus and Ferric Chloride. Then again thats brass, havent tried etching anything in brass.
qwertydvorakDec 22, 2006
@LiquidPenguin: just tell them to think of the Wild Wild West movie. that should turn them away from steampunk nicely enough.