Golden Jubilee
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Joined: Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:14 am
Show and Tell to Learn new things...
To some it may be just a pile of scraps and that is all well and good.
But as for me wood is good
This wooden tool chest I crafted from an old water tank a good friend gave me.
I modeled it for my Son after his grandfathers kennedy tool chest..
Redwood , purple heart and copper.
Just thought some craftsmen might be interested.
Shown above - Family Crest"
My Grandfathers Gold railroad pin
in front of a Purple Heart Stake with Thin Blue Line
Gathered between silver forged letters
mounted on a Granite and copper frame base...
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Side note:
I perfected a known process to etch the copper to add lettering & patina .
Uses salt , standard black & white laser printer, with a touch of corn meal baked to a golden brown to
make dextrin.. The process involves baking and cooking the cornmeal to form a coating that is applied to
printer paper once dry you print the image or lettering to make a resist for the electro etching process.
Then Iron on the resist to the copper piece. Its take a while to get it just right , but worth it.
and the process is much more friendly to work with over harsh chemicals used with other methods.
The black laser ink is attached with heat to stick to the copper forming an insulator ( a resist ) the
etching process now eats away at the copper leaving raised letters that will buffed afterwards.