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but it made my day .
Very (very) rough as it was my first go, and the design is just some random punch on the shelf (I think it's a flower ). Been trying to figure out a way to tool kydex easily and finally got it. Chemical etching works, as I demonstrated already, but only on the smooth side and I wanted to use the textured side, so I decided to try something else. Need to work on the smoothness obviously, but for a first shot it's promising. This method let's me do any design I want with only about ten minutes set up time. Depth can be controlled. I can sink it in (which obviously causes some burning as you can see), raise it slightly, or just lay the pattern down as a subtle shade change. Very sweet.
Very (very) rough as it was my first go, and the design is just some random punch on the shelf (I think it's a flower ). Been trying to figure out a way to tool kydex easily and finally got it. Chemical etching works, as I demonstrated already, but only on the smooth side and I wanted to use the textured side, so I decided to try something else. Need to work on the smoothness obviously, but for a first shot it's promising. This method let's me do any design I want with only about ten minutes set up time. Depth can be controlled. I can sink it in (which obviously causes some burning as you can see), raise it slightly, or just lay the pattern down as a subtle shade change. Very sweet.