Only half a mL too, but seeing black bubbles and a nice irritating SO<sub>2</sub> smell was a slight suprise. Now I need to spill some HNO<sub>3</sub> on myself and pass it off as iodine stains. Already had some exposure to Cl<sub>2</sub>, as my sig suggests.
Good luck with etching, if every steel surface I saw was hot blued I'd be quite happy.
And weird glassware, tell me moar...
"Lempo" pneumatic ballistic knife
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Jake shared this interesting link.
It's in Finnish but the pictures are quite self explanatory, I really like the idea of blackening the brass with sulfuric then polishing the raised areas... I think we might have a winner
will take some *cough* samples home this afternoon and have play...
It's in Finnish but the pictures are quite self explanatory, I really like the idea of blackening the brass with sulfuric then polishing the raised areas... I think we might have a winner
will take some *cough* samples home this afternoon and have play...hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Some etching experiments, using concentrated nitric acid on one piece and the hydrochloric/peroxide mix recommended in jake's link. In both cases I used nail polish (from my own personal collection, naturally 
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Unsurprisingly the nitric went much quicker and bit deeper. I don't have the chemicals required to black it but used some ink and gave them a light polish, really happy with the effect
) to mask the design.Unsurprisingly the nitric went much quicker and bit deeper. I don't have the chemicals required to black it but used some ink and gave them a light polish, really happy with the effect
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Here we go, a simple brass ring with some acid etching, much more comfortable to shoot now. I also redid the knife tail with a lighter aluminium support.
I'd like to black or otherwise colour the collar to bring out the lettering, need to consider options. Also needs a discreet stop for the collar to stop it falling off everytime I shoot it
I'd like to black or otherwise colour the collar to bring out the lettering, need to consider options. Also needs a discreet stop for the collar to stop it falling off everytime I shoot it
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great work as always! the collar looks like it does help alot
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Cheers
Some more work, added a front stop for the collar, and ordered a bottle of this stuff to blacken the collar and highlight the etching.
Some more work, added a front stop for the collar, and ordered a bottle of this stuff to blacken the collar and highlight the etching.
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nice, looks much better now the blade fits to it better now
the blade fits to it better nowEst Sularus Oth Mithas
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Much better ring
It looks a lot nicer than the previous one...
It looks a lot nicer than the previous one...
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Agreedjakethebeast wrote:the blade fits to it better now
Had some fun with etching in the meantime, damn this focus on aesthetics and my artistic streak forcing its way out of the cellar I had confined it to! I have engineering to do aaaughhh!!!!
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Long storyjmez1996 wrote:What are the symbols on the ring?
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Damn, those skulls look sick!
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One man's trash is a true Spudder's treasure!
Golf Ball Cannon "Superna" ■ M16 BBMG ■ Pengun ■ Hammer Valve Airsoft Sniper ■ High Pressure .22 Coax
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wow that final skull looks insanely cool!! what are the things your etching on?
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Nice skulls indeed
camo cake
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I think they're past sickGun Freak wrote:Damn, those skulls look sick!
Scrap pieces of brass, just playing with techniques at the moment.what are the things your etching on?
I knew I shouldn't have dragged up that threadcamo cake
thank goodness times have changed 
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