Is anyone interested in purchasing an etcher for marking their blades? I had put this on British Blades and UK Blades then thought there may be some here that don't go there.
Recently my brother successfully made me an etcher and is prepared to make some more but in order to keep the costs down, he would like to make a number at once.
This is a step up from using a 9v battery, saltwater and a cotton bud.
Personally, I still use the salt water and cotton bud, but using this machine it not only consistantly removes the metal quickly:
[video=youtube;sv8qU7keFWs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv8qU7keFWs[/video]
but unlike using a 9v battery set-up, it also blackens the bottom of the etch:
[video=youtube;3DWNBOvIqRw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWNBOvIqRw[/video]
[video=youtube;Z1mZGe9PJmc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1mZGe9PJmc[/video]
The machine will come ready to use with a crocodile clip on one wire but the wire that is actually doing the etching will be left bare for you to fit out yourself. I use a cotton bud but other systems use a stainless steel plate and felt pad. Leaving it bare means you can make a pad that suits your stencil and also keeps initial costs down.
Cost for one machine is £55 each if five people are interested.
That doesn't include postage.
Royal Mail is £4.41 for up to 2kg and £7.06 for up to
4kg. The transformer itself is 1.6kg so the whole thing including
packaging could well go beyond the 2kg mark. It could be worth trying out MyHermes for postage.
Lead time would be a couple of weeks once we have five names.
I currently have three confirmed names.
Recently my brother successfully made me an etcher and is prepared to make some more but in order to keep the costs down, he would like to make a number at once.
This is a step up from using a 9v battery, saltwater and a cotton bud.
Personally, I still use the salt water and cotton bud, but using this machine it not only consistantly removes the metal quickly:
[video=youtube;sv8qU7keFWs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv8qU7keFWs[/video]
but unlike using a 9v battery set-up, it also blackens the bottom of the etch:
[video=youtube;3DWNBOvIqRw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWNBOvIqRw[/video]
[video=youtube;Z1mZGe9PJmc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1mZGe9PJmc[/video]
The machine will come ready to use with a crocodile clip on one wire but the wire that is actually doing the etching will be left bare for you to fit out yourself. I use a cotton bud but other systems use a stainless steel plate and felt pad. Leaving it bare means you can make a pad that suits your stencil and also keeps initial costs down.
Cost for one machine is £55 each if five people are interested.
That doesn't include postage.
Royal Mail is £4.41 for up to 2kg and £7.06 for up to
4kg. The transformer itself is 1.6kg so the whole thing including
packaging could well go beyond the 2kg mark. It could be worth trying out MyHermes for postage.
Lead time would be a couple of weeks once we have five names.
I currently have three confirmed names.
