by WE4PONXYZ » Sat May 28, 2022 12:36 pm
Alright sooo I know quite a few people have been curious about my wallet tin sized etching kit sooo I’ll do a break down of what I have in there currently. P.s this kit is small enough to fit in a large altoids tin as well, I like this slightly larger one as I can keep vinyl, stencils and more pads in it. Only thing my kit is currently missing is some small gator clips. Eventually I plan to hook up a switch and battery compartment and upgrade to some thicker wires. As I continue working on this project throughout the day, etching some personalized serial number plates I will post photos and commentary along with answering questions. Right now I’m just prepping before starting to weed/pluck/pick the serial number stencils and get all the frames I’m doing prepared. Big shoutout to @Hawkeye for the serial plate clamp idea. Sooo that was the first thing I made today, I used one half of an steel L bracket, btw the hole closest to the cut is a perfect match up to the plate connection inside of the dust cover/channel. I then used two nuts and a bolt that I ground down into a flat cone tip to go into the little recess where the connection to the plate is.
by WE4PONXYZ » Sat May 28, 2022 9:49 pm
This was a stainless bottle I did for my wife last year with a cute little penguin on it. I used the same kit to do it. As @Hawkeye said stainless steel can be finicky, especially these type of stainless coffee mugs and such. They don’t etch very deep but you are left with a really cool contrast in the appearance of the metal due to the chemical reaction.