Acid Etching On Metal.

[slim_boy_fat]

..... I've been thinking about making a brass manufactures nameplate to go on my little lathe for when I get around to stripping, Cleaning, Painting and rebuilding it. Originally it had a little red oblong painted on with gold stenciled lettering, But I keep thinking I'd like get someone with a desktop CNC mill to make a professional looking 1/8" thick brass manufacturers name plate for it, then enamel the recesses red and polish it up. It would be a totally pointless exercise, really, But it's really quite a pretty example of wartime British home engineering kit, So I think it would be nice to bring it back to it's former glory (Plus add a few easily reversible tweeks to make it more usable). Problem is that there's a lot of small lettering on the period correct name plate design I roughed out, So it would take ages on a CNC mini mill....... But the idea of electro "Eroding" the gaps out from around the letters didn't occur to me. I think I need to do a bit more research on this process.

Pics please, whatever you decide.

 

[Reman]

Pics please, whatever you decide.

Oh it's not going to happen for a while yet. There's a long list of things I need to do before I even have the room to strip my lathe. For a start I need to empty the garage of everyone else's junk and make room to reassemble my work desk in there again !

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Oh it's not going to happen for a while yet. There's a long list of things I need to do before I even have the room to strip my lathe. For a start I need to empty the garage of everyone else's junk and make room to reassemble my work desk in there again !

We're nothing if not patient on here.