Name plate etching for my neighbour

Name plate etching for my neighbour

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27 September 2021 at 15:55 #16321
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27 September 2021 at 15:55 #564473
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My neighbour has gone away for a little R&R and left his two Harleys for safe keeping at my place, with the express instruction to give them a go. Won’t argue with that; and as a thank you I quickly made up a pair of backrest name plates for both bikes… Some real customizing!
27 September 2021 at 17:49 #564490
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That's a nice finish. I must have a try at etching sometime
27 September 2021 at 17:50 #564492
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They look good, would you be willing to share details of how the artwork was produced, how it was applied and what etchant?

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27 September 2021 at 18:01 #564496
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Posted by Brian H on 27/09/2021 17:50:25:

They look good, would you be willing to share details of how the artwork was produced, how it was applied and what etchant?

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Hi Brian, of course! I did a full write-up on my method in Model Engineer some time back (not sure of the issue number though). Basically it’s an electro-stripping process with a toner print on a transparency (or any other flat plastic) and transferred on a stove. My article says to use a cell phone charger and CuS but these were rather large and I doubt the power and volts would have been adequate, so I used an old power supply (12v) from a computer. They roughly the size of the current emblems on the bike…
27 September 2021 at 18:10 #564499
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Posted by Brian H on 27/09/2021 17:50:25:

They look good, would you be willing to share details of how the artwork was produced, how it was applied and what etchant?

Brian

Sorry, artwork was done in ms-word, with images from the web superimposed onto each other and the names simple built in word-art overlaid on the group.
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