WTB cheap, maybe faulty Vamos, new pic, first etch ;-)

[robby]

I am getting into etching brass and copper etc so I am looking for some Vamos as they are all brass with a copper layer on top and then the Chrome or Black Chrome finish. (not the SS ones obviously). I think quite a lot could be achieved on a Vamo with etching by way of small designs and lettering cut into the copper layer. If it is times right the etched bit of it would be brass with copper surrounding it. I have never etched before so it`s all a bit experimental, but it has me fired up lolol. Etching is all about experience and I dont have any, it`s a knack that only comes by trial and error.

[Deleted]

mate, you can have the remains of mine

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 14:48:59 GMT @ashmal said:

mate, you can have the remains of mine

Let me know what you want for it by PM with the postage

[Deleted]

nowt ... I view it as patronage to the arts

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 14:54:22 GMT @ashmal said:

nowt ... I view it as patronage to the arts

very decent of you mate, dark arts maybe though lol. I`ll send you my address, and thanks again

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Mar 21, 2013 14:56:00 GMT robby said:

Mar 21, 2013 14:54:22 GMT @ashmal said:

nowt ... I view it as patronage to the arts

very decent of you mate, dark arts maybe though lol. I`ll send you my address, and thanks again

glad to contribute to the project

[brysoni23]

Could you not ask a plumber or local Diy store for some off cuts to practice on ?

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 15:48:58 GMT brysoni23 said:

Could you not ask a plumber or local Diy store for some off cuts to practice on ?

I do have some pipe, but the interesting thing about the vamo is that it is a brass pipe, covered first in copper plating, then chrome or black chrome, so when you get the chrome off and get the remains buffed up etc you can start to etch. If you do it properly you are going to end up with brass where you have etched and a copper mask around the deign or lettering or whatever. Timing is everything of course, dont etch enough and it will stay copper where you have etched which isnt the look I am looking for. I have never etched a thing in my life apart from a few printed circuit boards  decades ago while doing a bit of electronics hobbying.

brysoni23

[Greigster]

I had an etch once......scratched it and it never came back, so think on.

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 21:19:03 GMT Greigster said:

I had an etch once......scratched it and it never came back, so think on.

hehehe

[Balllsy]

Robby, my chrome Vamo isn't dead yet but it's on the way... If you still want it when it finally passes on you can have it

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 21:27:36 GMT Balllsy said:

Robby, my chrome Vamo isn't dead yet but it's on the way... If you still want it when it finally passes on you can have it

Thanks mate,really appreciate it, just scruffy, or buggered? :DThe chrome ones are the easiest to work with I think, not sure about the black chrome ones. I used to think they had some sort of dark clearcoat on them, but it is actually a metal layer. Probably the same as the chrome one ie has a copper layer on the brass pipe. It`s the layers that really interest me. If you could end up with what looks like three different metals on the Vamo it would be amazing

Balllsy

[Balllsy]

the left button is slightly temperamental ... only slightly at the moment (Works 9 times out of 10)

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 21:34:09 GMT Balllsy said:

the left button is slightly temperamental ... only slightly at the moment (Works 9 times out of 10)

One of mine always has been lol

[Balllsy]

Got to get more soon any way coz my Igo-Ls won't screw on to em any more. In fact they won't stay on any thing I have. I think the Igo is stripping the top thread off every mod I have, because every thing else will tighten except the Igo-Ls. I think I am going to super-glue them onto my next ones so the threads don't get stressed.