Etched enclosures

[nicofx]

My latest and an experiment with sanding.

^^^--- Very nice!!

[ugly_guitar_guy]

My latest and an experiment with sanding.

Wow, that fricken rules. Great design and paint/sanding scheme.

[Strange]

Thanks for the kind words. I am still new to etching - the new etch is my fifth attempt. Here are my etches in chronological order:




Fuzz Factory



Modded/Stripped TS808



Modded/Tuned/Stripped High Gain TS808



Proco Rat (Tuned for Bass)



MXR DynaComp and Clean Boost

[Strange]

Thanks so much to the forum and its contributing members for the knowledge and willingness to share.

While I am obviously still a beginer I would offer to those just starting out my humble advice: Focus on the preparation of your enclosure. When you think you have prep sanded enough sand more! After that, more sanding! The enclosure needs to be free of any and all surface imperfections and be as flat as possible. I have also found that PNP Blue with additional nail polish over as much of the unexposed areas as possible maximizes your chances of a clean and 'burn free' etch.

[John Lyons]

oops, wrong thread...thought there was a Lot of etching in the pics thread...

[Strange]

Built as an Xmas gift for a big Raiders fan.

[roseblood11]

I only etched two pedals, because it's too much work. One of them made it to the Catalinbread website :-)

[Strange]

Nice, roseblood. Is that a 14 pin OD-1?

[dromilious]

Heres my latest.one reverb and one ts808hw point to point.

[roseblood11]

Nice, roseblood. Is that a 14 pin OD-1?

It's a Black Cat OD-1, not a Boss OD-1... Very dynamic clipping based on a OP275, no diodes.

[deadastronaut]

a sneaky peek preview of the spitfire v3..it'll have 3mm red/orange eyes like the original too... .

[jubal81]

Really impressive stuff, guys. I've done a few,
but I'm wondering if you guys think this complicated art can make a good etch.

[deadastronaut]

@hi jubal,  shading?....hmmm....ive never tried it....that might be a problem when it comes to etch imo...

i stick to solid bold lines....i'd be interested to see how a shaded etch comes out though!!!!...i bet slade has tried it..


but at the end of the day , i don't think its a good idea!!!...stick to bold stuff!...

you may be better off sanding box, ironing image, then clearcoating instead....

[tasos]

Really nice jubal!
What software did you use?

[g.]

fet preamp

[deadastronaut]

@ g : i saw that nice! , it reminded me of your wasp' pic... really great etch btw....was there shading on that, or did you rub/sand it out..... it looks well cool...

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=85803.msg732021#msg732021

[g.]

@ deadastranaut !
thanks !

no shades, just plain ink
i use photoshop and i use only straight B&W .

wasp was made with paper magazine and  ferric chloride
and this one with muriatic acid / hydrogen peroxide with vinyl stickers.

[deadastronaut]

cool, that etch suits the leaf 'vein' pattern...

when i etch, i'm always tempted to dab in a bit of  paint, but really they look cool as f... a'u naturale after etching.....although i 'm tempted to try some translucent colours...just to see underneath/metal gradient too....

[Earthscum]

Really impressive stuff, guys. I've done a few,
but I'm wondering if you guys think this complicated art can make a good etch.

Depends on how sneaky you are with your pixelation. I failed on this one, but it still turned out good:



From THIS:



Which was converted from THIS:

[deadastronaut]

whoooooooooooOOOOOOOOooooooooo (theremin sound).....whoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo

couple of delays i'm building....etched today...whooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo.....watch the skies!!!!!!.....

the alien head will have green led eyes.....whhhhhhooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo...................