making brass dashplates

A While ago Ryan had a link to gas engine Mag artical about making brass nameplates using PNP paper and etching with ferric chloride,,
the link no longer works as the gas engine Mag have now put all articals on CD and only short excerts are available on the site

does anyone have a copy of this ? they could send me

cheers Ukade

 

here you go...


http://www.gasenginemagazine.com/archive/0403/0403_feature1.html

 

I had the same link bookmarked.

The article is now gone.

Try contacting the site and let us know what you find.

I would like that info again.

 

Man,

I've been waiting for this:

thecarfarmer to the rescue!

When the article came up, I knew it wouldn't be around forever; saved it to the drive.

Click on hyperlink above to request a copy.

-bill

 

I have a laser engraving business and have made quite a number of brass name plates by designing them in CorelDraw and using black lacquer coated brass for the material. If you could find someone with a laser engraver, they should be able to cut through a masking material, then you could use your acid process. Hope this helps.

 

I did a mini-tech at:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142407

But my success rate is decreasing to about 30% with PNP. The damned stuff just doesn't stick on the brass very well, and I've tried various iron temperatures.

Here's my thinking now: I am going to buy some photo resist and developer. What you do is spray the brass with the resist (let it dry), then take your artwork on a clear sheet, and expose the treated brass to an intense light. Then put the brass in the developer solution.

Now your ready to toss it in the Ferric Chloride and etch away. Somehow this seems simpler than getting pissed about the damned ironer and trying to get the PNP to stick.

Here's one link (among thousands): http://www.abra-electronics.com/catalog/chemicals/er_71.html


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