[sdiy] Plexiglass panels

[harrybissell]

There IS an etchant that can be used on aluminum. It is not ferric
chloride.
My mother made some etched aluminum trays when I was a child. She's 75
now and I dare not rely on her memory for the chemical process  :^P

no... its not Alzheimers.  She only made ONE tray and a couple of candy
dishes :^)

H^) harry

jared wrote:

>  On 7/5/05, Ken Stone <sasami at hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>
>
>      >By the way, has anyone tried using standard PCB etching
>      techniques to put
>      >legends/labeling on face panels? Does this work with
>      aluminum? You wouldn't
>      >need (or want) to etch all the way through, just a little
>      bit would work.
>
>      Aluminium and ferric chloride = violent reaction. It takes a
>      little while
>      for the etchant to work through the oxide layer then, zammo,
>      a puff of
>      obnoxious fumes, and its too late!
>
>      Ken
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>
>      Ken Stone   sasami at hotkey.net.au or sasami at cgs.synth.net
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>
>
>
> What if you made the faceplates out of copper!? Eh? or better yet,
> faceplates from singlesided pcb blanks!
> :D
> p.s. i hate how the reply button sends it to the poster, not the
> board. :/ nothing i can do about it
>
> --
>
> jared foster
> "...Free to roam the heavens in man's noble quest to investigate the
> weirdness of the universe!" m the heavens in man's noble quest to
> investigate the weirdness of the universe!"