How to electroetch a maker's mark

[@mavetalentless7049]

Nice! I´m very happy that you are making yt videos again. I´m looking forward to see your content. Best regards from Jena/Germany

[@seekerend]

Crazy how much I've changed my processes after your videos, and I've watched a lot of YT on knife making. Keep it up and thanks for taking the effort to put the knowledge you have back out into the world.

[@davidmcmutrtey979]

Love how Sam pays attention to the top of the D. :) Great video guys. These have seriously saved me as a maker. Had an accident in the shop 10 stitches in my thumb later the grinding tricks with the push stick are keeping me going.

[@mattwhatevz]

13:06 comfy pup cameo🥰 I love it!!!

[@BalticBlades]

Loads of quick tips from you both! Love these videos.

[@gquesp]

Hi, I followed your project, but the engraving comes out brown instead of black. How come?

[@js280]

Incredible video. Love the work you guys are doing! Would love to see a video on how you visualize intersecting planes when you facet a handle. I'm having a tough time visualizing which angles (and how deep) to file when I'm attempting to make geometric shapes in my handles.

[@FraserLaws1]

Great video! Do you remember roughly what you used for the marking solution? I can't get the proper solution where I live.

[@73FORGE]

Great tip! That’s what she said, nice work gentlemen 🤙🏼

[@CuchillosyTecnicasdeAfilado]

Great video. I couldn’t catch well the name of where you got your stencils. Would you mind writing it? Thanks a lot. You are a great inspiration.

[@DonNguyenKnives]

IMG-Electromark

[@CuchillosyTecnicasdeAfilado]

@@DonNguyenKnives thanks!!!! Have you seen the brother printers that can print stencils?

[@valentinechave]

Hi! what's the purpose of the coffee? i've seen it in other videos but I dont know what is it used for. thanks!

[@karlo3219]

it brings out the contrast more in an etched blade that's at least to my understanding.

[@DonNguyenKnives]

It's to darken a blade. On damascus for example, you can use instant coffee to get crevasses darker, then sand the peaks, and you get a more drastic contrast.

[@valentinechave]

@@DonNguyenKnives so it is not enough with the ferric chloride? in a high carbon blade for example, not damascus

[@DonNguyenKnives]

@@valentinechave ferric is good at establishing the etch and the activity, but coffee makes it even darker

[@valentinechave]

@@DonNguyenKnives ty!

[@timjackson5555]

Where can I find the plans for that? My Snap-On battery booster smokes my temples after one use. Can't justify buying a stencil machine, might as well purchase an electric etch instead.

[@DonNguyenKnives]

chriscrawfordknives.com/tutorials/written-tutorials/electro-etcher/page-1/ is what mine is based off of

[@timjackson5555]

@@DonNguyenKnives thanks man

[@jackcraft3054]

Don can you tell me more about the part that you are using to etch with instead of using a Q-TIP? Is it something you made or a part you bought?

[@DonNguyenKnives]

I've seen them called "hand markers" on online knife supply stores. It works great, more consistent than a q-tip for sure.

[@jackcraft3054]

@@DonNguyenKnives Thanks

[@Noahlochner0]

Where do you get stencils at?

[@DonNguyenKnives]

IMG-Electromark

[@noahnipperus7320]

Don Nguyen Knives "I like the tingle"

[@bogower4216]

Seriously? Sam says "tip of the D" and no one says anything???? Hahahaha, great video guys!

[@karlo3219]

Cool......

[@glenpaul3606]

how do you get it black? different voltage? some chemical?

[@DonNguyenKnives]

Flip the polarity and it darkens instead of etches. So you etch first to get the depth, then switch and darken.

[@glenpaul3606]

@@DonNguyenKnives oh cool. thank you. I was told it only darkens with AC voltage. I will try it.

[@glenpaul3606]

@@DonNguyenKnives I tried it this morning and sure enough it darkened. Thanks for the tip !!

[@DonNguyenKnives]

@@glenpaul3606 Glad to hear!