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peter purpose

Alternative panel marking
« on: October 21, 2004, 01:07:29 PM »
Gentlemen,
I have always been disappointed with the panels I make, so thought I would try etching one...... not bad, but could be better. Still... much better than my usual sharpie marked nonsense.

peter



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fum

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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2004, 01:18:51 PM »
Ok, I like it.   :grin:  :thumb:

Explain your madness, I mean method =)

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peter purpose

Alternative panel marking
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2004, 01:24:34 PM »
Well.....
It can of course only be done on bare metal, but I just did it with press n peel as you would with a pcb. You have to get plenty of heat into the panel before applying the pnp, but it's pretty much the same.

peter
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fum

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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2004, 01:27:49 PM »
So you're etching with pcb etchant?  (sorry, haven't worked with pnp before)

ju
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peter purpose

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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2004, 01:28:44 PM »
Yep....  :thumb:
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owel

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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2004, 01:46:24 PM »
Do you dip the whole 19" panel into the Ferriccholoride pan?
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peter purpose

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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2004, 01:49:20 PM »
Nope... I just mask off the areas with selotape and dab with a brush. It takes about ten minutes.

peter
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dmlandrum

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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2004, 01:55:50 PM »
Is that an aluminum front panel? Will this work with any metal?

It looks cool! Keep up the good work.
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peter purpose

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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2004, 02:00:36 PM »
Aluminium panel. No idea if it would work with steel, but dab some etchant on steel to find out.

peter
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fum

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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2004, 02:22:28 PM »
You said bare metal, meaning if your panel has anodize on it, no worky, correct ( this is for those playing the home game)  :green:
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peter purpose

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« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2004, 02:25:40 PM »
Ahhh.... I no know if it worky or no worky with anodized jobbie..!!
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SSLtech

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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2004, 02:46:27 PM »
As professor Stanley Unwin might have said:

Anodizey alumination tufflode of a coatey. Etchey fluid motion sittymost on the surf there, all full o' vinegold: -phhhtuh, ffftuh!

Sandy down the alumey with a great greasey elbold before etchasketch can find proof of purchase.

Peatey purpold, All time some time deep joy of a behold for your panel of expert.

Keef
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fum

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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2004, 02:59:55 PM »
thanky keef,

Allright, now everyone knows the next question.

What is the photo resist that they coat pcb boards with, and where can you get it in liquid form?

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al_p

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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2004, 03:08:17 PM »
cool.
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peter purpose

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« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2004, 03:15:54 PM »
Deep joy... Goodly byelode.. :thumb:

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EZ81

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« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2004, 03:53:11 PM »
Etching aluminum is fun:
http://img35.exs.cx/img35/6425/etched_box.jpg
http://img35.exs.cx/img35/1622/etched_box_detail.jpg

Standard Hammond box (like for guitar stompbox fx), sprinkled with paint using a spray can with the head only slightly pressed in to produce big drops, letting dry, etching in FeCl, removing paint with thinner, using a plastic brush to clean the etched areas a bit.  After taking the photos i filled the etched areas (dark grey in the pics) with green paint, looks way better now. Excuse the crappy pics. The text/logo looks really great btw.

Just delurking,  passing on another easy wild finishing method and relurking...
;Matthias
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peter purpose

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« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2004, 04:24:36 PM »
Very funky Matthias..  :thumb:
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Buttercup

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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2004, 08:13:09 AM »
How about etching and THEN anodising?
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ohrange

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« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2004, 08:48:39 AM »
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« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2004, 10:01:41 AM »
Peter - whooah!! - has this got me thinking...
Can I do this - or have I got the wrong side of the coin....

Design my whole front panel in a drawing program
Laser print it onto those blue A4 photo resist sheets
Iron the photo resist onto the front panel
Paint on chemical etching stuff
Listen to Ogdens Nut Gone Flake for 10 minutes (Deep Joy.... How's your Berts lumbago?)
Rub off and enjoy....

next problem how to etch resist on a paint job....
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