Etching fun!

[jedimas729]

Well I had a peice of plexi lying around the house (and who here doesn't) and I decided to tackle a hard etch like so :http://www.unf.edu/~gonp0001/images/halo.JPG

Now for how to go about it? Well I read about something over at the hardforum about tracing the outilne with a marker so that the outline will show through the back of the paper.
I use this:
http://www.unf.edu/~gonp0001/images/pen.JPG
After doing this I had this to show for it :
http://www.unf.edu/~gonp0001/images/haloline.JPG

Well after some scary etching voodoo I ended up with this:
http://www.unf.edu/~gonp0001/images/haloetch.JPG

Since I'm not one to waste plexi I also did a halflife 2 etch on the plexi :
http://www.unf.edu/~gonp0001/images/bothetch.JPG

http://www.unf.edu/~gonp0001/images/bothetch2.JPG

Nifty little trick! Hope you all learned something about something or other! Makes hard etchs easy!! By the way sorry the blurriness of the pics but what can ya do?!:D

[JBM]

Nice Job !!!

What dremel attatchment for the hl2 one?

[jedimas729]

107 engraving bit i think and the flex attachment! :D

[Starbuck3733T]

Very nice work on both accounts.

[mnpctech]

Good stuff!

[zer0]

hum is there any real stratagy for getting that frosted look? because i would like to do this for my logo on my CUBE³ project

[jedimas729]

Well if you want frosting you can buy the engraving kit for the dremel that brings bits that are more or less made for frosting! I just used a 107 engraving bit for the half life 2 etch and a 105 for the halo etch as it was smalled and more detailed. To frost it you just have to "color" in the the plexi area! Just make sure that you dont leave the bit in one specific area for too long or you will end up going through the plexi!:D

[zer0]

thanks my dad has some engaveing bits i can use one of wich looks just like that 107 bit.

[kayser@start.no]

You gave me a fantastic idea. :-) Could you please post a pic of the finished product? I'd love to see it.

[2JSC]

Anyone ever try the etching stuff in a spray can?

[kayser@start.no]

Could anyone with etching experience explain/describe how it's being done in a good manner? I want to do an etching on my computer's window and would like to know a bit more, before I make an attempt to ruin it. Well, I am going to run the window, I just want to know a little more about it before I make an attempt. :-)

[Da_Rude_Baboon]

Try this article (http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2005/06/17/Engraving_for_modder/1.html)on Bit.

[kayser@start.no]

Thanx for the link. Ok, I'll do my etching later today if all goes well. I even got me one of those flex-thingies from the shop here at the airport. I must say I'm kinda looking forward to this. I guess I'm in a creative mood. hehe. I'll post pics later.