DIY Steel Personalizer! Etch And Mark Logos On Knives 

Thank you my friend :) :)

Hi! I'd like to have one of that... Do you sell? Ps: really nice work!!

Thank you again brother :) :)

Haha! :'D Grazie a te

Thanks a lot man :) Appreciated :)

Thank you!! :) Too kind :)

That's great man :) Thank you for watching :)

Grazie caro :') Troppo gentile come al solito!

Grazie bro :) :)

Only thing i have to bitch about, would be those main voltage connections. Heat shrink is kinda ok, but it does not replace wire insulation, i mean check how much thicker the original is to shrink. Those solder main joints are bit hazardous as if enough amps run trough wires will heat up and solder joints might unsolder. With out mechanical holding those can move, cause sparks and eventually fire. Solder is meant to improve connection, not replace mechanical joint in high voltage applications. Wago connector would have been thing to use or "sugar cube".. heck even shitty wire nut. Also copper was left to be seen witch is big no no (following my local codes). Still nice build and this is rather safe as its not used unattended.

Thanks Bill!! :)

Thank you Chris! :) sure! I know the print wasn't looking very clean, blame the filament. I made the mistake to buy the cheapest I could find.. It's so inconsistent I can't get clean prints with it. Oh well.. lesson learned! xD

Thanks!!! :D

Thanks!! :) Very kind!

Thank you :)

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Thank you mate! :)

Thank you my friend :) :)

Thanks Thomas! :)

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Thank you my friend :)

Thanks again my friend :) That wire stripper style is the best one I ever tried! Yeah man I really should xD Its something I keep postponing. Don't ask me why! lol

A good stripper is a fine thing indeed

Thanks brother :)

Ahah! thank you my friend! :) Sure! Contact me in private, I'll send it to you!

Thank you man :) :)

Thanks man :'D

Thank you Vedran! Would that really work? I guess I'll try :')

Power supplies (PCs, laptops) typically have negative output tied to protective earth. If the transformer shorts and secondary winding gets connected to the mains, the differential breaker (FID, RCB, whatever it's called in Italy) in your electrical panel should sense it and kill the power immediately. If you don't have it then it's a bit more complicated - a short in small transformer will probably not be able to trip even a 6A breaker before it melts and you probably have 10A or 16A breakers for power outlets. Short will cause a lot of current to flow from mains, through the primary into the secondary and finally into your protective earth. If you're lucky, primary will melt first and you live. If secondary melts first and the mains remain connected to one of its outputs, chances are it's gonna be the output that is not earthed (as earthed one was probably drawing more current) so you might have a dangerous voltage on the output. The wall transformer you started with didn't even have protective earth plug, because normally you wouldn't be touching it's terminals so the risk was low. Your tool uses salty water on the part that you handle and that changes the risk factor a bit :)

Thanks man :) Too kind

Yeah! :) Well done man, keep on making!

Thanks!! :)

so u havent had any issues with the brother p touch? I guess I gotta give it a try cuz I've been looking for a machine that prints stencils (I'm a knife maker)

@@SF45818 I can recommend it being a knive maker myself. I have read before that people had issues with the stencils but for me it works perfectly well. Gotta play around with the salt water solution a bit but for me it does the trick well now. I am using a lot of salt and keep mixing it in until no more salt dissolves. The only real issue is that you are limited when it comes to the fonts and I can't do any logos. The font "stencil" looks good to me, give it a try. Getting the right tape might be an issue as well but for me that first one I bought still works because I don't do much etching. And be supercareful when masking everything around the area you want to etch since a mistake here already gave me some nice hours of additional handsanding once. Good luck mate

@@RB-xc9vh thanks, I have one last question, do u use the software on the computer? Can u move the letters on top of each other? My logo would be a overlapping S and F so would that work somehow?

@@SF45818 no sorry, I don't have that option since I am not on a computer but just use the device itself for typing. So all I can do it letters next to each other with this thing. Maybe there are better devices in the market that can do this but I sadly don't have one. It's really the budget option. Some guys on the internet offer stencil making for relatively good money like 15-30 bucks for a block of them. Maybe should give that a try and someone can send you a bunch of stencils - would be a lot cheaper than buying the brother device if you're only in need of the logo for every knife. If you want to add a serial number or something like that you could combine both solutions. Lot's of success with it. :)

@@RB-xc9vh thanks man, yea I've looked into people making stencils but couldn't find anything cheap in europe, any ideas?

Thank you!! :)

The car battery would etch well, but is not be able to mark, or darken the etch, because of the lack of AC. But good results can be obtained nonetheless...

Yeah that fan isn't doing much at all as you can see in the video I uploaded yesterday :') Thanks a lot man

Ahah! :) Thank you Jamie!

Thanks brother :)

Sure! Since the transformer was rated at 1A I guess something around that. I'll let you know :)

Grazie!! :)

Hell yeah I do!! xD Thank you my friend :)

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That's great man :) :)

Black Beard Projects hey man my instagram just crashed and wont let me in just so you know!

Grazie Sergio!!! :) Non saprei, sono andato un pò a caso, tipo 4 cucchiaini in mezzo bicchiere d'acqua :')

Thank you! I don't know, I will try for the follow up video that's coming soon :) Ahah! :')

Thanks!! Here I used Fusion360 from Autodesk. Free for non professional uses :)

Thanks! Etching removes material from the surface, it makes a groove where the metal is exposed. Marking converts the surface of the steel into carbon so that it looks black, it's like a patina :)

Thanks!

Fusion 360 di Autodesk! :) Molto buono e gratuito per usi non commerciali

Thanks!!

Grazie! Sto usando solo acqua salata e sembra funzionare molto bene :)

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Thanks! The etching remove materials so it's as durable as the steel, the marking on the other hand it's just a patina, you can't take it off with the finger but it can be scratched :)

Sure! Send me a private message where you want and I'll send it :)

Yeah should work only slower. I tried with a 6v 1.5a and it was still working but very slowly and the etch wasn't that deep :)

Thanks! Fusion360 from Autodesk. Free for non professional uses :)

thanks. keep up the great work! Greets from Germany

It does plug directly into the wall :) Thanks again brother

I use Fusion 360 from Autodesk :)

Ben did you get the plans?

Nope

Ahah! Thank you my friend, too kind :)

Thank you brother :) :)

Thanks!! :)

Thank you Erik! I didn't knew about this, I will look that up :)

Black Beard Projects You're welcome;).Hope it help.I'm your big fan!!!!

Thanks again man :)