washers on a slipjoint?

[joe sangster]

Ryan ,

Thanks very much for the excellent tutorial ! With those instructions , a monkey could do it .. I though i had followed all your tutorials on your slipjoint construction but somehow I missed this one . Hopefuly , I will get started on my 1st slipjoint in the next few wks .

Thanks again ,
Joe

[DaveL]

Ryan does incredible work, no doubt. Yes, you could do a tutorial for sure.

[Kirby Bletcher]

Ryan, what are you etching with? PBC etchant solution, Muriatic acid or some other cocktail?
Do you use it straight or diluted and how long do you leave it on? Sorry for all the questions but you got me thinking!

Thanks
Kirby

[doublearrow]

Originally Posted by KIRBY

Ryan, what are you etching with? PBC etchant solution, Muriatic acid or some other cocktail?
Do you use it straight or diluted and how long do you leave it on? Sorry for all the questions but you got me thinking!

Thanks
Kirby

I used my homeade Chris Crawford etcher. I just put a teaspoon of salt, a dab of vinegar, and then fill up a 20 oz bottle with hot water. Same thing I etch my name with on my knives. I had to be carefull with my etcher, if i let it sit too long it burnt a fuse.

I tried muratic acid, but even over night it only ate about .001". The homeade 60 dollar etcher was quicker. I don't know if PBC would work any faster, I've never messed with it.

I don't have a mill so I had to think of something and at the time I couldnt' find any washers. I also do my nail studs with silver because I don't have a way to cut nail nicks I find acceptable.

Pipecrafter I've got one to do in the next week or two with gold instead of silver and I will definitly post it up.

[pipecrafter]

Originally Posted by doublearrow

Pipecrafter I've got one to do in the next week or two with gold instead of silver and I will definitly post it up.

Thanks, Ryan - looking forward to it!

[Kirby Bletcher]

Ryan,

Thanks for the etching solution formula. Ill give that one a try. Its always nice to get around buying something!!!!!!!!!

Kirby

[Trenton Entwistle]

A few years ago I made a linerless slippie with washers. It worked out good. I'm definately going to be trying this way of etching releif in the liners though. What stainless are you using for liners?

Trenton

[doublearrow]

Twisty just saw this, but I believe my liners are 410 stainless.

[Kirby Bletcher]

Originally Posted by doublearrow

I used my homeade Chris Crawford etcher. I just put a teaspoon of salt, a dab of vinegar, and then fill up a 20 oz bottle with hot water. Same thing I etch my name with on my knives. I had to be carefull with my etcher, if i let it sit too long it burnt a fuse.

Ryan,

I'm finally getting back to making some knives and wanted to try etching some liners.
I used my Electro-Chem Etch Personalizer with no luck. I etched for over 5 min and pretty much only marked it.
How many amps is your etcher putting out and do you have any more info on building it? Also how long are you etching?
Thanks
Kirby

[doublearrow]

Kirby,
I'm not sure how many amps my etcher puts out. When I'm on a different computer tonight ill do some looking for the tutorial and see if it says. You might also be able to search for the chris crawford etcher tutorial. It usually takes around 15 to 25 minutes a side. This is mostly due to the fact I let the machine cool every few minutes. The fuses seem to las much much longer. At 5 minutes I would defintely have a noticable depth etch. One thing I noticed was the more wet the pad was the better off I was.

[Kirby Bletcher]

Thanks Ryan May be I just need to give it another try. Ill really saturate it this time and do a few 5 min cycles and see what happens.

Thanks again

Kirby

[doublearrow]

Kirby did some researching and this is quoted from bladeforums. Hope this helps.

The a/c output in the Crawford/Warner etcher tutorial is 25.2 volts @ 2 amps

[Kirby Bletcher]

Originally Posted by doublearrow

Kirby did some researching and this is quoted from bladeforums. Hope this helps.

The a/c output in the Crawford/Warner etcher tutorial is 25.2 volts @ 2 amps

That answers my question! Thanks a bunch!

Kirby

[pipecrafter]

The etcher I built about a year ago (maybe more?) I built entirely from parts sourced at Radio Shack, including the transformer. I thought I was in for a nasty surprise when I noticed that, instead of the 2 amp transformer, I had bought a 500 milliamp version. Howevver, I was gratified to see that it does not seem to affect the etching ability one bit. For the size of the stencils I use, I suspect that I'm not getting even close to 500 milliamps being passed through the material - and I'd wager that most people don't. Now, I haven't tried to etch liners to create integral washers, so I don't know if it's up to the task, but it's on my list of stuff to try in the next couple weeks so I'll definitely find out.