Thread: Tonsorialmatic

That is epic! I give it High Five out of Ten!

Charlie,

If I only had a fraction of your creativity.....

Charlie, You Sir are too dang creative, by half....
Keep'em commin'

I think the most "steampunk" part is the name tonsorialmatic, awesome! Not that the rest is not great but I love the name

Thanks everybody for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated

Originally Posted by tumtatty

How did you get the wording in there so crisp and perfect?

I did the toner (copy machine) transfer a bunch of times until I got where I was happy with it. I would do the transfer, see mistakes then steel wool the letters off (cuss a little) and do it again. It was just persistence.

If you search for "copper etch toner" there is a lot of info on the net.

Originally Posted by Str8Raz0r

How did you make those scales mate.

Each side of scales are two pieces of copper sheet that are soldered together.

• cut out scales
• cut out pocket to make frame looking scale
• solder together
• use a copy machine copy of the text for acid resist (lots of info on net)
• etch in ferric chloride
• put razor together
• take blade out and antique and patina
• put razor back together

That is it in a nutshell

Charlie

Lovely razor, it looks absolutely great! I love the copper, and it goes brilliantly with that elegant, stripped-down razor. Kudos.

I've had the damndest time getting that process to work. What's your secret? I've done the Rootkiller in water with a car battery charger but it seems to eat right through the toner. Also, you are right, getting the toner to stick to the metal sucks!! Do you do multiple layers?

I'd given up on this until I saw your set of scales.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by tumtatty

I've had the damndest time getting that process to work. What's your secret? I've done the Rootkiller in water with a car battery charger but it seems to eat right through the toner. Also, you are right, getting the toner to stick to the metal sucks!! Do you do multiple layers?

I'd given up on this until I saw your set of scales.

Thanks!

I used transparency sheets out of copy machine. Put the copper on an inverted clothes iron then burnished with a low temp soldering iron with the tip rounded off and polished. I then etched in ferric chloride. The tricky part is finding the right temperature, too hot the toner starts to flow and get smudged too cool and the toner does not stick well. It took me more than a few tries to get it right.

Charlie

Originally Posted by spazola

Thanks everybody for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated

I did the toner (copy machine) transfer a bunch of times until I got where I was happy with it. I would do the transfer, see mistakes then steel wool the letters off (cuss a little) and do it again. It was just persistence.

If you search for "copper etch toner" there is a lot of info on the net.

Each side of scales are two pieces of copper sheet that are soldered together.

• cut out scales
• cut out pocket to make frame looking scale
• solder together
• use a copy machine copy of the text for acid resist (lots of info on net)
• etch in ferric chloride
• put razor together
• take blade out and antique and patina
• put razor back together

That is it in a nutshell

Charlie

Most awesome, Charlie!
Thanks for the steps.
I may be crazy, but I tend to draw the line at playing with acid. I'll stick to super hot small torches and molten metal.....

wow... charlie once again you show the true artisan craftsman you are......

incredible work...