Etching Process: Metal etching is when you draw a design on a piece of metal, place it in acid so that the acid carves it away and leaves you with a raised design. I created mine by drawing on the metal with a sharpie.Once I was satisfied with my design I put duck tape on the back of the piece of metal and placed it into the acid. Once it was done with the acid I washed it off and was left with a raised design.
Soldering Process: To solder your pieces together you first clean your pieces. Once your pieces are clean, you put flux in the area that you are trying to stick to something else. Once the flux is on you choose the type of soldering you want to use. Once you have the solder, you hold a blow torch over the solder to melt it. Once the solder is melted you can stick it to something else by reheating it with the blow torch.
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Reflection: Both of these projects were similar and different. They were similar because they both used metal that was thin and in sheets. For both, I needed to take my time to cut the shape I wanted with the saw. My etching turned out better than my soldering. I like my etching better because it is more even and clean than my soldering. My etching came out exactly how I wanted it to, whereas my soldering didn't come out as perfect as I had wanted it to. A pro of soldering is that you can attach more than one piece to each other. A con is that sometimes the solder moves and the piece doesn't always go where you want it to or that the solder wasn't strong enough and your piece doesn't stay stuck. A pro of etching is that it pretty much come out the way you want it to and it is very easy to attain your desired design. A con is that you can only work with one piece of metal which limits your design to one color of metal.