[H22]

MOAR PICS!!!!!!!!

 

[dBel84]

great work , had wondered what had happened to your project. great to see yet another inspired design..dB
 
 

 

[Maverickmonk]

Wow, this is the best looking millet I've yet seen, it's incredible!
 

 

[Skoobs]

dude... where did you find those gears? or did you make them?

 

[livewire]

Dont know where he got em, but if you run a search for "steampunk gears"
on ebay or yahoo, you will come up with a boatload of them...

 

[vixr]

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dude... where did you find those gears? or did you make them?

I got them at a local craft store...they aren't exactly what I wanted but they were close enough. livewire is correct, ebay has tons of gears for sale...

 

[livewire]

And I would like to add - very inspired build, I cannot believe how nice your work turned out!

 

[vixr]

I used the existing face plate, 24VDC, 500 milliamps and some saltwater and 3 hours to etch the brass... There are a few flaws but overall, I am very pleased with the results. I'm going to do some etching on the back plate too, moer gears and some lettering by the input jacks. The lettering at the bottom of the plate was supposed to read thermionic valve amplifier.
 

 

 

 

[Pingupenguins]

This build gets crazier and crazier every post. You could probably sell that thing for thousands.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I love your etching work!

There are lots of great builds, but few go the extra mile for lettering and signage.

Good job!

 

[H22]

That etching work is very cool, how exactly was it done? Did you use toner transfer or something similar to PCB making? I would love to see more pics on how that is done, I am doing a steampunk wedding next year (mine) and was going to use etched PCB's as wedding invites, but what you did loks awesome and might be cheaper and simpler.
 
Joe
 
 

 

[liamstrain]

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That etching work is very cool, how exactly was it done? Did you use toner transfer or something similar to PCB making? I would love to see more pics on how that is done, I am doing a steampunk wedding next year (mine) and was going to use etched PCB's as wedding invites, but what you did loks awesome and might be cheaper and simpler.
 
Joe
 
 

I can't speak for vixr - but I use the guide put together by Jake von Slatt for brass/copper etching. 
http://steampunkworkshop.com/electroetch.shtml

 

[Saintkeat]

This is simply stunning.. fantastic job! Anyone would be proud to have that as a centrepiece in a room

 

[firecommon]

Wow this looks awesome! amazing work!

 

[vixr]

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That etching work is very cool, how exactly was it done? Did you use toner transfer or something similar to PCB making? I would love to see more pics on how that is done, I am doing a steampunk wedding next year (mine) and was going to use etched PCB's as wedding invites, but what you did loks awesome and might be cheaper and simpler.
 
Joe
 
 

Joe,
    I think any of the "how to"  tutorials will work, I used a saltwater saturated solution of table salt (kids in the house) and my power supply limited to 24 volts and 1 amp...a car battery would work way better, because my etch took 3 hours. I would say to try a test piece to see if its going to do what you need first. A small medallion or something of that nature on some parchment type paper may be eaiser to mass produce for the invitations. I will post a few step by step pictures later to show you how I do it...again thank you for the kind comments and its easy to do good work when you have no life. One tip I would give? if any of the toner comes off the brass, just remove it all with nail polish remover and start over.