Matty, you are the MAN!!! I have been looking into etching for some projects my son is building and this is THE ticket! It is so simple, inexpensive, and not time-consuming. The hat is off to you sir! Glad to have stumbled into your channel.
Gday, thanks for watching the videos, it’s really a simple cheap way to etch, I just wish I knew about this years ago, thanks again for watching mate, cheers
Thanks heaps, Matty. I've done a fair bit of etching sort of like you did here, using a wall-wart and cotton balls soaked in salt water over a vinyl stencil. Kept trying for a deep etch then paint spraying and sanding off the surplus. Got varying results; a quick zap would look nice but be too shallow, and a longer zap usually gave me edge bleed and blurring, although I got some beauties. Tried all sorts of ways to get the stencil to stick firmly at the edges. After watching you I'm thinking maybe slopping the salt water on was total overkill, and just keeping things damp would work best.... of course, the heat generated might be lifting the stencil too.... hmmm, experimenting time! Thanks again, Matty.
Gday, I found having to much moisture affected the edging as well, less is best I think with the stencils I use, if they get to wet they can tare easily and the finish isn't as sharp as it should be, please let me know how you get on, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Hi Matty. I've not seen this technique before. Fairly simple and relatively inexpensive, the results look excellent 👍👍👍 Thanks for posting. Cheers, Alan.
Hi Matty. Very happy you made this vid. I've got a small home business making accessories for target rifles generally in aluminium, but I've never had a way of sticking my moniker on bits I make. As I have a vinyl cutter & thanks to your vid, I now mark my products. So bloody easy. Cheers for the tip.
Gday Bo, I’m really glad it’s working for you, I didn’t think it was as easy as it was the first time I tried it but it is, thanks for the positive feedback and really appreciate you watching and commenting mate, cheers
Gday Tom, this really is a simple, effective and affordable way to etch, this worked great on the curved surface, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
This is something I've always had in the back of my mind ... but never put the effort into researching and figuring it out. This is brilliant! Time to order me a printer. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Gday Paul, it’s really a simple and effective way that doesn’t cost a fortune to do, great for the homeshop, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Very interesting Matty, would never have thought of that form of etching in a million years 👍. Top technology from Mattys Workshop. Thanks for sharing.
Gday, I wasn’t smart enough to figure this system out, I seen a knife maker showing his setup and it bloody worked, I’ve just showed how I’ve gone about making it and what I’m using so others that watch my channel can have a go at etching the project or tools in there workshop, it’s simple, effective and affordable, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
It's a lot nicer than the knife-dragging vinyl cutter way of making electro-etching masks, and way simpler than using printed circuit board film and UV. If the etch is deep enough you can use Elephant Black engraver's wax to get a decent contrast for decorative items. Some folks recommend putting a tiny dab of the electrolyte on the stencil before starting electro-etching, so it wicks underneath the tape and helps it to adhere better. I saw someone using a different stencil method two or three years ago to etch stainless but whatever they were using for electrolyte made the etched surface of the stainless almost black. Must see if I can find the video. Excellent demo, thanks Matty!
Gday, I did think about a vinyl cutter but with small text it would be hard to keep the letters correct meaning the inside of a O or A say, this way with stencil tape is definitely simple and can do down to 3.5mm high lettering, I have done stainless now and it worked great, im looking into what I can fill the lettering in after etching to make it stand out more as well, appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers
Hey Matty, just recently got the same label maker as you. Looking to etch some tools. Haven't done any etching yet but I'm really happy with the label maker so far. Thanks for the video.
@@MattysWorkshop love the Galans [ I assume] n the background....this was brilliant.....again, thanks so much.....Rally enjoy you channel......best wishes, Paul
Ah, the running battle for kitchen supplies! 😉 As apprentices we melted a very thin coating of candle wax, scratched through that with a scriber then etched it with a drop of nitric acid with table salt poured over it. It was as neat as your handwriting 🙄
Gday, nothing like seeing what's available from the kitchen cupboards to go I the workshop especially after the wife's been shopping, from what I can work out many still do a similar thing using layout fluid and a scribe to make the stencil then use salt water to etch it in, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Gday Dave, thanks for the kind words, I tried to make as simple as I could and explained it in a way that’s not confusing, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Gday Kev, it takes longer to set the stencil up then the etching, hard to believe it’s that easy really, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Top job Matty they look really impressive, add UA-cam or the logo and they'll be advertising your channel long after you've gone bringing in new viewers and revenue for your family. Tony
Gday Doug, I just hope this helps others put the final touches on the projects they make, I wasn’t sure if the demonstration was going to be ok or not, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Enjoyed, thanks for sharing….I just got a laser to review and I learning the program/machine for etching/burning video out soon…your method is simple/quick
This is amazing Matty . my apologies in advance for pinching the whole system . When I do a video YOU will get the credit . Just spent £140 on Amazon . Cheers Ade.
Gday Ade, the cost of setting up to do the etching isn’t that bad considering what you can do with it, I was amazed at how easy it was and in all honesty I didn’t think it was going to work but it does, there’s no magic, the only thing I found so far is if you trying to get a deeper etch by holding the wand on for longer the stencil might get to wet and tare, I simple have a dry rag and wipe it off a few times and this seems to help, I did stick 24v up its ass and mate it etch’s quick then, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Gday Kev, This wasn't my idea, its just my version of the setup, I didn't think it was this easy until I tried it, you can also try dissolving salt into vinegar, this is meant to work quite good as well, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Onya Matty 👏👏👏 Great video mate…. I just received a ‘plating manual’ from Janes Kits up at Newcastle. Your vid. had given me lots of tips on how I can expand the use of my power source 👍 Give me a week, and there won’t be a tool in the entire shop that hasn’t been ‘etched’. Lot simpler ( and better) than me hacking away with an engraver and shaky hands eh? Thanks again Matty, Regards Robert
Gday Robert, I’m glad this was a help, there’s not much I have left to etch here as well, simple, easy and effective, thanks very much for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Hi Matty. I have the power supply similar to yours for anodising. I have a Brother P-touch printer too. Brilliant video. I just need the stencil tape & ready to go. Not seen it done like that. So simple & effective. Steviegtr here we come. Thanks for showing the way to do it. P.S. Just ordered 2 rolls @18mm. E-bay. Only place i could find it. Was from China. No-one in uk selling it. Came to £17.90 for 2. Regards. Steve.
Gday Steve, give it a crack, it’ll work, the tape you got is cheaper then I payed, I’ve put links in the description to where I got mine from, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Ciao Matty! That Is very interesting, some years ago i did something similar with vinegar and salt, 6 Volts battery, not good results! But now you have stimulated me again the desire to try! I would like to ask, what's in the blue container? Water only? Then I'm curious to know how stencils are made, that is, how does it penetrate the liquid only where there are writings? Sorry for the questions, but the method inspires me a lot! Thanks and a big ciao from Italy! Alberto
Gday Alberto, in the blue container is water mixed with table salt, add as much salt as you can, the stencils are made on a Brother P-touch P700 label maker, I use stencil tape, there’s links in the description where I brought mine from, if you shop around you’ll find this cheaper, it’s important to have the polarity correct, negative goes to the “wand” and positive to the work piece, I’ve tried voltage down to 3v and it still works but not as quick and voltage up to 24v, it etch’s quick then, please let me know how you get on, thanks for watching, cheers
Gday, I've put links in the description for where I got printer and tape from, there would definitely be other products out there, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Nice job my compliments!!!! I'll like to ask something .... If you need more DEEP etching you just change the voltage of the power supply unit??? If you have some free time instead of salt-water mixture can you use vinegar and tell us the results??? Best Regards from Hellas (Greece)
Gday, from what I’ve found so far if you want a deeper etch all I did was etched for longer, I’ve played around with the voltage up to 14v which made it a bit quicker, the longer you do it the more chance the stencil will fail and split, I found that out pretty quickly, I haven’t tried vinegar yet but I will, I hope this helps, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Gday Matt great video , may i suggest that you print out al font sizes on a paper tape and stick it on the back of a plastic rule so you can hold it up to the object you want to etch so you can set the size of the font for that item. thanks
Great job Matty. I've got a Brother p-touch and designed a label with my logo on. I must get some stencil tape ordered and give it a try. Cheers Andrew
Gday Andrew, I've been looking at these printers for a while and remembered you have one as well, Ive put a link in the descripition for the stencil tape, Thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Gday Daniel, I think the stencil will tare but I’ll give that a go and see what happens next time I etch something, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
@@Warped65er I still got a far bit of experimenting to do yet, I don’t have any dykem and it’s not easy to get in Australia, I can get dy-mark but I don’t think it’s as good…
@@MattysWorkshop Appreciate the response Matty, but I wasn't referring to Dykem (layout fluid) bluing. I was wondering about steel blueing, like gun barrel blueing, and etching afterwards to make the etching Pop against the dark iron oxide coating from blueing.
Thanks Matty. I have the Brother PTouch Cube and it does take the same tape cassette. Is the stencil not self adhesive like the normal labels? I saw that you can run over the stencil with a highlighter pen so you can see the lettering easily for aligning the lettering. Definitely going to try this.
Gday Preso, I did try the highlighter but it didn’t really go to plan, not sure what was going on there, it would be good if the they did have a sticky back, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Mayyy you do great work glad to hear your med report... Check out red beard opps in the U.S he's a knife maker that made his own etching machine works great can turn the etch black. lots of good vids here cheers mate and be well
That's bloody great Matty! So simple. My mum in law has a vinyl cutter , do you have to have a specific type of vinyl for this sort of job? And would that be self adhesive? Cheer mate, Sam
Gday, I’ve never use vinyl but people do, it works fine and being a sticker it would be a lot easier to straight, the stencil tape I use doesn’t come with a sticky back unfortunately, cheers
Gday Paul, the etch is deep enough I’d say to take paint, im going to play around with some cold blue and see if that works ok, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Hey Matty, great video mate! I'll be trying this myself for sure. Slightly unrelated question - can't help noticing your shop made tools look mint. What are you using for corrosion protection? Here in the UK if I don't blue things up they go rusty pretty much over night. Tried lots of things but not found the perfect solution yet.
Gday, definitely give it a go, we live within a 4min walk to the beach, surprisingly we don’t have a big rust problem thankfully, everything you see in the cupboard has nothing in the way of rust protection, just close the door of a night and it’s all good, things like the rotary table, in the winter I sometimes spray a light film of CRC on WD40 and that’s it, most of our wind comes from the west and blows out to see, I’d say it would be a different story if the wind come from east, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Hi Matty, Thanks for Posting this. I had no idea it was so easy. What kind of Tape or Ribbon do you use on the Brother P700? Is it the non Adhesive Backing? Also, does the P700 kinda Etch through the Paper so the Salt Water goes through only where the Letters are? I would love to be able to do this to the Things I make. Anyway, Thanks again Matty.👍
Gday, the tape is called “Stench tape”, it’s etch’s through the letter printed in the tape, it’s not sticky backed so you need to used masking tape to fix it to your job, there a one use stencil as well, super easy to do and works well, let me know how you get on, cheers
Very flash Matty 👍 I've thort about going down this path but I only use a single letter B so I just throw on a few coats of layout blue and scratch thru it with a fine pointer and then etch with a cotton bud, salt water or salted vinegar both work well. Not ideal tho cos my eyes are shit too 🤣 Would love to try this if you felt like sending me a couple of B's to test before I commit to spending money I don't really have. Cheers mate 🍺
Yep, scratching thru a resist is very old school, works well but a real pain if you fuck it up. I switched to layout blus coe nail polish tends to splinter , blue solves this but can sometimes react with the etching fluid. I really like the crisp lines this method gives. If you can't find my address I'll send an email. 🍺
Thanks very much for sharing this. Have you tried this on Stainless Steel? Seems like it should work too. Much easier than I had expected. Thanks again Matty.
Gday Patrick, I haven’t as yet will will be shortly, I’d say it will work, aluminium works well, I’m thinking anything that’s conducive it will work on, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Gday Jack, the stencil tape doesn’t have a sticker back unfortunately, I certainly wish it did, it would be even easier, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Hi Maty, you sure do like to live dangerously. First you steal a new dish towel and then you call her the "old" girl. That would've got me banned to the wood shed for a week at least. For your sake I assume she's got used to it and at least allows the dog to accompany you.(to the wood shed). Thanks for the video. Apart from the ridiculous prices that printer companies charge for their cartridges, it looks to be a relatively easy and safe method of identifying your wares. One question I have is, is the etch deep enough to be able to spray paint it, wipe the excess off and have the etch more clearly defined. It's certainly very much safer than the acid etch that was used on an Estwing axe that was given to me as a trophy about sixty years ago. The steel is so hard that engraving tools wouldn't touch it. I believe either nitric or sulphuric acid was used. Regards from Canada's banana belt. 👍🍌🇨🇦🕊️🇺🇦🤞
Gday Ron, the wife and I get along very well, you should hear what she calls me some days, scary, im going to try blueing the etch and rub the surface back on a sheet of glass with wet and dry, the etch is deep enough I believe, if I get it done soon I’ll put it in a future video as a quick update, see how I go mate, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Awesome stuff Matty. I have had your exact same thought processes over the past few years. I've been wanting to label my own work but haven't found a good easy and reliable, repeatable way of making this kind of etched labels. Did you use labels part number STe-151 ?
Gday Steve, yes thats the right stencil tape, I,ve also added a link in the description from where I got mine from, I hope this helps, Thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
@@MattysWorkshop My pleasure Matty, and thanks for sharing your knowledge, even if it’s not directly associated with machining. All info is potentially useful to us “machinists”. Often we’ve gotta think outside the box. 👍👍👍
You really should post the product links to everything you are using. Trying to find the right stencil tape on amazon and everything is listed as stencil tape and I know its not the right stuff. And there are hundreds of listings to sort through.
Gday, Links to the Brother P-Touch P700 and the Stencil tape are in the description, Cheers
Matty, you are the MAN!!! I have been looking into etching for some projects my son is building and this is THE ticket! It is so simple, inexpensive, and not time-consuming. The hat is off to you sir! Glad to have stumbled into your channel.
Gday, thanks for watching the videos, it’s really a simple cheap way to etch, I just wish I knew about this years ago, thanks again for watching mate, cheers
Brilliant. Now all my stuff’s gonna have “Matty’s Workshop” on it too. Lol. Gilles
Gday, you better be careful putting my name on things, they’ll probably break then🤣, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Thanks heaps, Matty. I've done a fair bit of etching sort of like you did here, using a wall-wart and cotton balls soaked in salt water over a vinyl stencil. Kept trying for a deep etch then paint spraying and sanding off the surplus. Got varying results; a quick zap would look nice but be too shallow, and a longer zap usually gave me edge bleed and blurring, although I got some beauties. Tried all sorts of ways to get the stencil to stick firmly at the edges. After watching you I'm thinking maybe slopping the salt water on was total overkill, and just keeping things damp would work best.... of course, the heat generated might be lifting the stencil too.... hmmm, experimenting time! Thanks again, Matty.
Gday, I found having to much moisture affected the edging as well, less is best I think with the stencils I use, if they get to wet they can tare easily and the finish isn't as sharp as it should be, please let me know how you get on, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Works well Matty. Good trick. Thanks for showing. Cheers Rob
Gday Rob, definitely works well, thanks for watching and commenting mate, cheers
That's excellent, so simple. I'll have to see if I can cut stencils with my CNC!
Hi Matty. I've not seen this technique before. Fairly simple and relatively inexpensive, the results look excellent 👍👍👍 Thanks for posting. Cheers, Alan.
Gday Alan, simple, effective and affordable, that’s the best part, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Thank you Matty for sharing, I really enjoy your work with clear and informative details.
Goat Keith, its great to hear the videos are helping, I try to make them as clear as possible with no B/S in the middle, Cheers
Hi Matty. Very happy you made this vid. I've got a small home business making accessories for target rifles generally in aluminium, but I've never had a way of sticking my moniker on bits I make. As I have a vinyl cutter & thanks to your vid, I now mark my products. So bloody easy. Cheers for the tip.
Gday Bo, I’m really glad it’s working for you, I didn’t think it was as easy as it was the first time I tried it but it is, thanks for the positive feedback and really appreciate you watching and commenting mate, cheers
This is a good solution. Inexpensive, easy to use and the result is neat! Thanks for showing!👍👍👍
Greetings from Dresden! 🍻😎
Gday Michael, its a very simple setup and it gets great results, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
As you say.. Bloody brilliant! So many possibilities, not just in the workshop.
Gday John, This really does have many possibilities, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
This is so cool. A low buck way to properly mark your tools for us home shop guys. I also like the fact that you can do it on curved surfaces.
Gday Tom, this really is a simple, effective and affordable way to etch, this worked great on the curved surface, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
That's awesome Matty - excellent results
Gday Craig, I really happy with how this cheap setup works, simple, easy and affordable, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
This is something I've always had in the back of my mind ... but never put the effort into researching and figuring it out.
This is brilliant! Time to order me a printer.
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Gday Paul, it’s really a simple and effective way that doesn’t cost a fortune to do, great for the homeshop, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Very interesting Matty, would never have thought of that form of etching in a million years 👍.
Top technology from Mattys Workshop.
Thanks for sharing.
Gday, I wasn’t smart enough to figure this system out, I seen a knife maker showing his setup and it bloody worked, I’ve just showed how I’ve gone about making it and what I’m using so others that watch my channel can have a go at etching the project or tools in there workshop, it’s simple, effective and affordable, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Great video matty, keep'um coming..
Brilliant final touch to this heirloom of a tool!
Gday, definitely finished it off nicely, thanks for watching and commenting mate, cheers
Saw this on your insta Matty, bloody beauty mate, absolutely top notch 👌
Gday Ralfy, it’s bloody works well and it’s affordable to do, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
It's a lot nicer than the knife-dragging vinyl cutter way of making electro-etching masks, and way simpler than using printed circuit board film and UV. If the etch is deep enough you can use Elephant Black engraver's wax to get a decent contrast for decorative items. Some folks recommend putting a tiny dab of the electrolyte on the stencil before starting electro-etching, so it wicks underneath the tape and helps it to adhere better. I saw someone using a different stencil method two or three years ago to etch stainless but whatever they were using for electrolyte made the etched surface of the stainless almost black. Must see if I can find the video. Excellent demo, thanks Matty!
Gday, I did think about a vinyl cutter but with small text it would be hard to keep the letters correct meaning the inside of a O or A say, this way with stencil tape is definitely simple and can do down to 3.5mm high lettering, I have done stainless now and it worked great, im looking into what I can fill the lettering in after etching to make it stand out more as well, appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers
Matty, Brilliant video just what I’ve been looking for, thanks for posting Matt.
Gday Matthew, I glad this has been helpful, Thanks for watching, Cheers
Excellent method for etching and so easy.. It's good putting those tea towels to good use.. because they aint no good to you in the kitchen.
Gday, that’s probably why she never complains about me knocking them off, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
That's a neat solution to an otherwise expensive process :)
Gday Paul, certainly a cheap option and it works, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Thanks Matty. I've seen it done at work and now I can do it too thanks to you.
Gday Don, it’s good to hear your going to have a go at this, it’s a very simple process, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Brilliantly simple. Thanks for sharing this video Matty.
Gday Tom, it is a very simple setup, Thanks fir watching and commenting, Cheers
Hello Matty,
The etching looks great, many thanks for showing us this...
Take care.
Paul,,
Gday Paul, simple, super easy and affordable, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Cool idea . Thanks, Matty! Bill.
Thanks very much Bill, appreciate you watching and commenting mate, cheers
Never knew it was that simple.
Gday Rustinox, neither did I till I tried it out, it works, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Hey Matty, just recently got the same label maker as you. Looking to etch some tools. Haven't done any etching yet but I'm really happy with the label maker so far. Thanks for the video.
Gday, for the price of the label maker there good value for money, let me know how you go with the etching, cheers
Nice video Matty, applies the preface finish to your builds
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing Matty.
Gday Darrell, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Fantastic Video Matty: thank yo so much, Paul from the States.....Cheers
Gday Paul, thanks very much mate, appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers
@@MattysWorkshop love the Galans [ I assume] n the background....this was brilliant.....again, thanks so much.....Rally enjoy you channel......best wishes, Paul
Ah, the running battle for kitchen supplies! 😉
As apprentices we melted a very thin coating of candle wax, scratched through that with a scriber then etched it with a drop of nitric acid with table salt poured over it. It was as neat as your handwriting 🙄
Gday, nothing like seeing what's available from the kitchen cupboards to go I the workshop especially after the wife's been shopping, from what I can work out many still do a similar thing using layout fluid and a scribe to make the stencil then use salt water to etch it in, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Nice job I will definitely try this out
Gday Paul, definitely try it out, it’s really a simple process, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
What a great method. Thanks Mattty.
Gday, it’s really a simple and effective way and not expensive, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Hi Matty, best video I've seen on this technique yet! Great job Thanks...
Gday Dave, thanks for the kind words, I tried to make as simple as I could and explained it in a way that’s not confusing, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Hi Matty, I haven't seen this method. Its so simple and fast. Thanks for showing. Regards Kevin
Gday Kev, it takes longer to set the stencil up then the etching, hard to believe it’s that easy really, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Top job Matty they look really impressive, add UA-cam or the logo and they'll be advertising your channel long after you've gone bringing in new viewers and revenue for your family. Tony
Gday Tony, I think everything I’ve made will have an etch before long, thanks for watching and commenting mate, cheers
Nice , I’ll have to give this a go !
Definitely, it’s really easy and effective, it’s quite a cheap setup as well, please let me know how you get on, cheers
Top setup that etching system mate. Happy etching 👍🇦🇺
Gday Mark, its a simple, cheap and effective setup that works, Thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Nice project, not a huge investment either. Good video
Gday Jim, I was surprised how easy this really was as well, it’s cheap and effective, cheers
Awesome Matty, very cool This has so many applications. Good job demoing it for us.
Gday Doug, I just hope this helps others put the final touches on the projects they make, I wasn’t sure if the demonstration was going to be ok or not, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Good idea! Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks Craig, appreciate you watching and commenting mate, cheers
That's pretty freaking awesome 👍👍👍
Gday, I just wish I’d learnt about this years ago, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Cool Matty.
That's a future project for me!
Gday Niel, Defiantly worth making, Thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Enjoyed, thanks for sharing….I just got a laser to review and I learning the program/machine for etching/burning video out soon…your method is simple/quick
Gday Chuck, I’m keen to see the laser working, looking forward to the video, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
G'day Matty looks like it might work, well done. Cheers Peter
Gday Peter, certainly does work mate, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Thanks Matty👍👍👍
Thanks for watching, Cheers
Matty. Just doin it since whenever. On ya mate!
Thanks for watching, Cheers
This is amazing Matty . my apologies in advance for pinching the whole system . When I do a video YOU will get the credit . Just spent £140 on Amazon . Cheers Ade.
Gday Ade, the cost of setting up to do the etching isn’t that bad considering what you can do with it, I was amazed at how easy it was and in all honesty I didn’t think it was going to work but it does, there’s no magic, the only thing I found so far is if you trying to get a deeper etch by holding the wand on for longer the stencil might get to wet and tare, I simple have a dry rag and wipe it off a few times and this seems to help, I did stick 24v up its ass and mate it etch’s quick then, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Nice job!
Thanks very much Tom, appreciate you watching and commenting mate, cheers
Very Cool Matty
Gday Gary, I was surprised how easy this was to do, Thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
That's Bloody Brilliant Matty, I'm going to have a go at that, thanks for passing the knowledge on and sharing a great idea👍👍😉
Take Care
Kev uk
Gday Kev, This wasn't my idea, its just my version of the setup, I didn't think it was this easy until I tried it, you can also try dissolving salt into vinegar, this is meant to work quite good as well, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Cool 👍
Thanks for watching mate, cheers
Nice!
Thanks
Onya Matty 👏👏👏
Great video mate….
I just received a ‘plating manual’ from Janes Kits up at Newcastle. Your vid. had given me lots of tips on how I can expand the use of my power source 👍
Give me a week, and there won’t be a tool in the entire shop that hasn’t been ‘etched’.
Lot simpler ( and better) than me hacking away with an engraver and shaky hands
eh?
Thanks again Matty,
Regards
Robert
Gday Robert, I’m glad this was a help, there’s not much I have left to etch here as well, simple, easy and effective, thanks very much for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Hi Matty. I have the power supply similar to yours for anodising. I have a Brother P-touch printer too. Brilliant video. I just need the stencil tape & ready to go. Not seen it done like that. So simple & effective. Steviegtr here we come. Thanks for showing the way to do it. P.S. Just ordered 2 rolls @18mm. E-bay. Only place i could find it. Was from China. No-one in uk selling it. Came to £17.90 for 2.
Regards.
Steve.
Gday Steve, give it a crack, it’ll work, the tape you got is cheaper then I payed, I’ve put links in the description to where I got mine from, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Matty I don't know if Emma still does her give away at the Bash but your idea would sure be worth an entry.
Gday Terry, I’m not sure if Emma’s doing it either, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Great Video, Thanks a lot
Thanks very much Rodney, appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers
Nice one Matty. Just ordered a roll of stencil tape to try that B-)
Gday Bill, you won’t have a problem mate, it’s really a simple process, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
good video matty
thanks very much mate, appreciate you watching and commenting, Cheers
Thanks Matty. That was really interesting. Looks like the P Touch tape also works in the hand held units up to 18mm width.
Gday Rodger, I haven’t looked at the handheld units, maybe I should have, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Ciao Matty! That Is very interesting, some years ago i did something similar with vinegar and salt, 6 Volts battery, not good results! But now you have stimulated me again the desire to try! I would like to ask, what's in the blue container? Water only? Then I'm curious to know how stencils are made, that is, how does it penetrate the liquid only where there are writings? Sorry for the questions, but the method inspires me a lot! Thanks and a big ciao from Italy! Alberto
Gday Alberto, in the blue container is water mixed with table salt, add as much salt as you can, the stencils are made on a Brother P-touch P700 label maker, I use stencil tape, there’s links in the description where I brought mine from, if you shop around you’ll find this cheaper, it’s important to have the polarity correct, negative goes to the “wand” and positive to the work piece, I’ve tried voltage down to 3v and it still works but not as quick and voltage up to 24v, it etch’s quick then, please let me know how you get on, thanks for watching, cheers
@@MattysWorkshop Thanks Matty i really want to try another time 😀
Going to look for some of this tape, though I do not have a Brother, there must be a generic tape around that will work.
Gday, I've put links in the description for where I got printer and tape from, there would definitely be other products out there, Thanks for watching and commenting, Cheers
Nice job my compliments!!!! I'll like to ask something .... If you need more DEEP etching you just change the voltage of the power supply unit???
If you have some free time instead of salt-water mixture can you use vinegar and tell us the results???
Best Regards from Hellas (Greece)
Gday, from what I’ve found so far if you want a deeper etch all I did was etched for longer, I’ve played around with the voltage up to 14v which made it a bit quicker, the longer you do it the more chance the stencil will fail and split, I found that out pretty quickly, I haven’t tried vinegar yet but I will, I hope this helps, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Gday Matt great video , may i suggest that you print out al font sizes on a paper tape and stick it on the back of a plastic rule so you can hold it up to the object you want to etch so you can set the size of the font for that item.
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Gday Ken, that’s a good idea, thanks, appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers
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Thanks for watching, cheers
Great job Matty. I've got a Brother p-touch and designed a label with my logo on. I must get some stencil tape ordered and give it a try.
Cheers
Andrew
Gday Andrew, I've been looking at these printers for a while and remembered you have one as well, Ive put a link in the descripition for the stencil tape, Thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Lol, done the same mi sen
Looks good mate.
Wonder how you'd go cleaning it with the stencil still in place then using a bit of gun blue on it to give some contrast.
Gday Daniel, I think the stencil will tare but I’ll give that a go and see what happens next time I etch something, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
@@MattysWorkshop Just a thought, but what about blueing a part and etching aftewards?
@@Warped65er I still got a far bit of experimenting to do yet, I don’t have any dykem and it’s not easy to get in Australia, I can get dy-mark but I don’t think it’s as good…
@@MattysWorkshop Appreciate the response Matty, but I wasn't referring to Dykem (layout fluid) bluing. I was wondering about steel blueing, like gun barrel blueing, and etching afterwards to make the etching Pop against the dark iron oxide coating from blueing.
@@Warped65er yep I got it now, I think that would work no worries at all…
Thanks Matty. I have the Brother PTouch Cube and it does take the same tape cassette. Is the stencil not self adhesive like the normal labels? I saw that you can run over the stencil with a highlighter pen so you can see the lettering easily for aligning the lettering. Definitely going to try this.
Gday Preso, I did try the highlighter but it didn’t really go to plan, not sure what was going on there, it would be good if the they did have a sticky back, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
What printer can do 3pt or 1mm size fonts on stencil tape ?
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Mayyy you do great work glad to hear your med report... Check out red beard opps in the U.S he's a knife maker that made his own etching machine works great can turn the etch black. lots of good vids here cheers mate and be well
That's bloody great Matty! So simple. My mum in law has a vinyl cutter , do you have to have a specific type of vinyl for this sort of job? And would that be self adhesive? Cheer mate, Sam
Gday, I’ve never use vinyl but people do, it works fine and being a sticker it would be a lot easier to straight, the stencil tape I use doesn’t come with a sticky back unfortunately, cheers
magic are morris, will it take some paint or hard wax to stand out a bit more?
Gday Paul, the etch is deep enough I’d say to take paint, im going to play around with some cold blue and see if that works ok, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Hey Matty, great video mate! I'll be trying this myself for sure. Slightly unrelated question - can't help noticing your shop made tools look mint. What are you using for corrosion protection? Here in the UK if I don't blue things up they go rusty pretty much over night. Tried lots of things but not found the perfect solution yet.
Gday, definitely give it a go, we live within a 4min walk to the beach, surprisingly we don’t have a big rust problem thankfully, everything you see in the cupboard has nothing in the way of rust protection, just close the door of a night and it’s all good, things like the rotary table, in the winter I sometimes spray a light film of CRC on WD40 and that’s it, most of our wind comes from the west and blows out to see, I’d say it would be a different story if the wind come from east, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
@@MattysWorkshop Cheers Matty, maybe I need to get myself a better cupboard! Keep up the good work, you're doing some great stuff.
Matty that is awesome. I wonder if it will work with a 9 volt battery or even a car battery. This is brilliant.
Gday Terry, yes it’ll work with a 9v and car battery no worries at all mate, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Great video Matty. Have you tried it on blued metal or is the blueing to protective for the salt to etch?
Gday, I haven’t tried in on anything that’s been blued yet, I’m not sure how it would go, I’ll have to give it a try mate, thanks for watching, cheers
Hi Matty, Thanks for Posting this. I had no idea it was so easy. What kind of Tape or Ribbon do you use on the Brother P700? Is it the non Adhesive Backing? Also, does the P700 kinda Etch through the Paper so the Salt Water goes through only where the Letters are? I would love to be able to do this to the Things I make. Anyway, Thanks again Matty.👍
Gday, the tape is called “Stench tape”, it’s etch’s through the letter printed in the tape, it’s not sticky backed so you need to used masking tape to fix it to your job, there a one use stencil as well, super easy to do and works well, let me know how you get on, cheers
Very flash Matty 👍 I've thort about going down this path but I only use a single letter B so I just throw on a few coats of layout blue and scratch thru it with a fine pointer and then etch with a cotton bud, salt water or salted vinegar both work well. Not ideal tho cos my eyes are shit too 🤣 Would love to try this if you felt like sending me a couple of B's to test before I commit to spending money I don't really have. Cheers mate 🍺
Gday Bill, I think stencils will be a lot quicker and easier, I’ll have to find your address again, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Yep, scratching thru a resist is very old school, works well but a real pain if you fuck it up. I switched to layout blus coe nail polish tends to splinter , blue solves this but can sometimes react with the etching fluid. I really like the crisp lines this method gives. If you can't find my address I'll send an email. 🍺
send me an email Bill...
Thanks very much for sharing this. Have you tried this on Stainless Steel? Seems like it should work too. Much easier than I had expected. Thanks again Matty.
Gday Patrick, I haven’t as yet will will be shortly, I’d say it will work, aluminium works well, I’m thinking anything that’s conducive it will work on, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Cooking with gas now Marty. Looks great! Does the stencil itself stick down?
Gday Jack, the stencil tape doesn’t have a sticker back unfortunately, I certainly wish it did, it would be even easier, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
Hi Maty, you sure do like to live dangerously. First you steal a new dish towel and then you call her the "old" girl. That would've got me banned to the wood shed for a week at least. For your sake I assume she's got used to it and at least allows the dog to accompany you.(to the wood shed).
Thanks for the video.
Apart from the ridiculous prices that printer companies charge for their cartridges, it looks to be a relatively easy and safe method of identifying your wares.
One question I have is, is the etch deep enough to be able to spray paint it, wipe the excess off and have the etch more clearly defined.
It's certainly very much safer than the acid etch that was used on an Estwing axe that was given to me as a trophy about sixty years ago. The steel is so hard that engraving tools wouldn't touch it. I believe either nitric or sulphuric acid was used.
Regards from Canada's banana belt. 👍🍌🇨🇦🕊️🇺🇦🤞
Gday Ron, the wife and I get along very well, you should hear what she calls me some days, scary, im going to try blueing the etch and rub the surface back on a sheet of glass with wet and dry, the etch is deep enough I believe, if I get it done soon I’ll put it in a future video as a quick update, see how I go mate, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers
I wonder if a large 6 volt battery would work?
Gday Mark, 6v battery will definitely work no worries at all, cheers
Awesome stuff Matty. I have had your exact same thought processes over the past few years. I've been wanting to label my own work but haven't found a good easy and reliable, repeatable way of making this kind of etched labels. Did you use labels part number STe-151 ?
Gday Steve, yes thats the right stencil tape, I,ve also added a link in the description from where I got mine from, I hope this helps, Thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
@@MattysWorkshop My pleasure Matty, and thanks for sharing your knowledge, even if it’s not directly associated with machining. All info is potentially useful to us “machinists”. Often we’ve gotta think outside the box. 👍👍👍
You really should post the product links to everything you are using. Trying to find the right stencil tape on amazon and everything is listed as stencil tape and I know its not the right stuff. And there are hundreds of listings to sort through.
Gday, I've just added the links in the description of the video, in had to learn how to do it, I hope this helps, Thanks for watching, Cheers
@@MattysWorkshop Awesome! Thanks. Going to get that printer and get set up.
Do you have a product range?
Gday, sorry I don’t have a product range, cheers
Matty you've only had kids because it took too long to get the franger on your tackle haha
Yep bloody spot on, no cap tarp here mate
That's great! Excellent tip for small home shop labeling. Thanks for the look and idea.
Gday John, this is a very simple effective and affordable way to etch in the homeshop, thanks for watching and commenting mate, Cheers
Great video matty, keep'um coming..
Gday, certainly more videos on there way mate, there will be another out by the end of the week, thanks for watching and commenting, cheers