I thought I would share with you my homemade etching tank.
More importantly, it does exactly what it says on the tin without stretching your budget to several hundred on a professional system.
I made mine in 20 minutes.
I bought the following...
A 3.0L breakfast cereal container. cost £5 from tesco
An aquarium pump kit from ebay... cost £10 incl P&P from ebay
1.9mm square garden mesh... cost £0.99 from a garden centre
An Aquarium heater £7 (optional)
A few cable ties, a drill and a hot glue gun.
The aquarium pump kit (ebay) came with a pump, hose, one way valve and a 12 inch flexible air curtain. Bargain! I thought it would be a good idea to buy a cheap one in case i have issues with using ferric chloride.
I drilled a small 6mm hole at the top RH corner of the cereal container for the air hose to go through. Used the hot glue to stick the air curtain to the bottom of the container.
Cut the garden mesh to size, folded in half, cable tied.
Then I drilled four small holes in the lid of the container. Cable tied the mesh to the underside of the lid.
Attached is some pictures.
More importantly, it does exactly what it says on the tin without stretching your budget to several hundred on a professional system.
I made mine in 20 minutes.
I bought the following...
A 3.0L breakfast cereal container. cost £5 from tesco
An aquarium pump kit from ebay... cost £10 incl P&P from ebay
1.9mm square garden mesh... cost £0.99 from a garden centre
An Aquarium heater £7 (optional)
A few cable ties, a drill and a hot glue gun.
The aquarium pump kit (ebay) came with a pump, hose, one way valve and a 12 inch flexible air curtain. Bargain! I thought it would be a good idea to buy a cheap one in case i have issues with using ferric chloride.
I drilled a small 6mm hole at the top RH corner of the cereal container for the air hose to go through. Used the hot glue to stick the air curtain to the bottom of the container.
Cut the garden mesh to size, folded in half, cable tied.
Then I drilled four small holes in the lid of the container. Cable tied the mesh to the underside of the lid.
Attached is some pictures.
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