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Technical, Techniques, Hints, and Tips => Detail Work, Rigging, Fittings, Figures Etc. => Topic started by: The Old Fart on September 24, 2018, 06:33:37 PM

Title: Brass etching.
Post by: The Old Fart on September 24, 2018, 06:33:37 PM

After success with the brass hinges, they are still working.  O0


I'm now looking into brass etching.
I have the equipment to etch the brass and a UV for the photo resist.


Which program is suited to drawing the parts, freehand drawing is shaky at best.
Are there any ready made drawings that I could experiment with?

Title: Re: Brass etching.
Post by: Brian60 on September 28, 2018, 08:55:44 AM

If you just need to print black onto the photo resist then simply draw your parts in a program like Microsofts 'Paint' the simplest of drawing progs that comes with every version of Windows. However if you want to do partial etch throughs as well as complete etchs- say for fold lines etc it gets a bit more complicated.