oakmitre
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Been experimenting on my day off.
I prepared a bar of mild steel (5mm thick x 1.5" wide), degreased it with acetone, and made sure it was thoroughly dry.
Using a sponge, I coated the steel with a layer of Liberion Blonde dewaxed shellac. I left this overnight to dry.
Using a very sharp Moore and Wright scribing tool and slight pressure, I scratched a design through the shellac into the metal so it left a just visible fine line.
I then left it in some saline sulphate etching mixture (without an agitation) for about an hour.
It actually came out very well, the picture doesn't really show this - but it is a reasonably deep etch considering the mixture I used has been in an open topped jam jar in the back garden for two years.
**edit - I thought this would be useful if you want to add a logo to a plane blade **
I prepared a bar of mild steel (5mm thick x 1.5" wide), degreased it with acetone, and made sure it was thoroughly dry.
Using a sponge, I coated the steel with a layer of Liberion Blonde dewaxed shellac. I left this overnight to dry.
Using a very sharp Moore and Wright scribing tool and slight pressure, I scratched a design through the shellac into the metal so it left a just visible fine line.
I then left it in some saline sulphate etching mixture (without an agitation) for about an hour.
It actually came out very well, the picture doesn't really show this - but it is a reasonably deep etch considering the mixture I used has been in an open topped jam jar in the back garden for two years.
**edit - I thought this would be useful if you want to add a logo to a plane blade **
