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  • 3d printing and laser cuting

    hi my name is tom, i live in jersalem israel, end i study design i specialize in creating two formats with my 3d program (solidworks) which you can use. the first format you can use (for rapidprototiping) when you want to print a 3d wax object which you can later on use for casting all kinds of metals...
    Posted to General metalsmithing (Forum) by tomash on 10-16-2008
  • Re: etching: my ink wont tranfer to silver

    I finally got an etching project finished successfully! Yeah! Here's a link to a picture of it: http://picasaweb.google.com/cvcarufel/JewelryShots/photo#5228825230675725634 I had lots of trouble getting the transfer accomplishedl. I scrubbed that puppy so many times I thought I'd have prune hads...
    Posted to Surface embellishment (Forum) by ConnieC on 07-30-2008
  • Re: etching: my ink wont tranfer to silver

    Addie, Thanks for the link for ferric nitrate. I had heard of it, but couldn't find where to buy it. I'm actually happy with the results I'm getting with the nitric acid, now that I have found the right resist. It works in 30 minutes, and it is not as scary as everyone says. Good common sense...
    Posted to Surface embellishment (Forum) by ConnieC on 06-26-2008
  • Re: etching: my ink wont tranfer to silver

    Addie, Linda, and all....... The etching mordant I am using is sold by Rio Grande. The MSDS sheet says it is nitric acid. I tried using staedler red permanent marker, and sharpie, which both are supposed to work with ferric chloride, but I can tell you from experience, they do not work with nitric acid...
    Posted to Surface embellishment (Forum) by ConnieC on 06-25-2008
  • Re: etching: my ink wont tranfer to silver

    So! Did you ever get this to work for you? I just tried etching last week, myself, and, BOY, have I had problems! After trying lots of stuff, this is what I ended up learning: I use a big pad of paper for the back, put my clean silver on that, and the PnP Blue transfer on top of that. With the iron set...
    Posted to Surface embellishment (Forum) by ConnieC on 06-24-2008
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