My window etch

[Boomstick]

First I started off with a sheet of removable sticky paper, and I printed my clan (http://www.chaosextreme.com) logo on that.

http://members.cox.net/fonamna/windowetch1.JPG

Then I carefully cut it out and aligned it on the plexiglass.

http://members.cox.net/fonamna/windowetch2.JPG

With the paper attched to the plexi I got out my not-so trusty dremel and a burr tip and went to work. I read that a ball burr is recommended for etching plexi, but all I had was a cylinderical burr tip. I think in the end this worked better as I was able to take the edge of the cylinder to make the sharp edges of the logo.

http://members.cox.net/fonamna/windowetch6.JPG

http://members.cox.net/fonamna/windowetch7.JPG

Now I just need to get some LED lighting specifically for the etch.

Note: Guess I forgot to uplaod the pic's with my cathode, I'll have to update later.

[Evan]

I think with some more light behind that it will show it off alot better

[Boomstick]

Ok, so I finally started to look around the house for anything with a red LED or two that I wasn't using and found one of my daughters old happy meal toys. I cut it apart, ripped it's eyes (LED) out. Put the LED into a molex (5V), and promtly killed a good LED.
So after some research and a trip to the electronics store, I had 2 brand new LED's. I had a bunch of resistors a clanmate had given me a while ago. Anyways I finished up my window etch. Now I just need to figure out how to use my camera...

http://members.cox.net/fonamna/chaosetch.jpg

[magick_man]

awwwww, that looks pretty sweet
where did you put the led to make it glow like that?
~Magick_Man~

[Ramlaen]

did you place the led's behind it, or just aimed at it?

[Boomstick]

I used my dremel to gouge out a couple of slots into the arcylic, about the size of the LED's. Then I tucked in the LED's with some glue into the slots and wired 'em up. It was a little ghetto, so I didnt take pics, but I can if you want to see.

[Ramlaen]

yea i'd like to see

[Boomstick]

So I got my tech info from theledlight (http://www.theledlight.com/ledcircuits.html). I used that to find what resistor I needed and how to wire it all up. The wires are soldered and the LED's are glued to the case wall. THe circuit is just sandwiched between 2 pieces of duct tape to prevent it from shorting on the case wall.
In the pic, the white is a rough idea where the edge of the acrylic is. The red is the LED's embedding in the acrylic and the blue is the + & - of the 12v molex.
Hope this helps.

[Ad Rock]

I have always been afraid to do my own sketching cause I thought it would turn out like crap. Yours looks really nice and I think I may have to try my own sometime :D.

Great job man!

[OLMI]

Whoa, that looks really cool. Good job :D

[Alucard]

Yeah nice job, I'm too chicken to do something like that :p

[Boomstick]

Thanks for the compliments.
I figured the paper would prevent me from sratching where I didn't want to. But paper wont stop a dremmel even at 7500rpm. :p