Hi dear All! First post.
Background: First of all, I am pretty lazy and second of all I have no access to fancy tools incl. lasercutters/mills and such. I stumble across
this on the wiki, but especially this
.pdf and this yotube
video. As you might imagine, since those two mentioned factors. Also that one seems/can make some detailed shapes/holes/stuff, print with laser/inkjet on paper(transparent), clamp/tape on material and cut lines with random sharp knife.
Materials: A carbattery charger(€30?), a drill+attachment(€35?), aceton/thinner(€5?) to clean it up properly, that black almost rubbery
rustproofing(€5-6?) for cars, paintbrush(€2) and a sharp knife(€2) does not cost much.
€80 vs €1000...
It produces hydrogen, so its "might" be best to do something like this outside and not to smoke if one has that habit.
Wikipedia
resources:
common etchands &
electroetching. Seems
caustic soda works with aluminium, Nice!
I
guess any thickness works, since the current takes its closest route, but..
Questions:
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How thick material can one electroetch through ?
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How detailed stuff can one make and/or that is easily cleaned up/etc ?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/18/2011 05:37AM by danielpublic.
