Stencil Printers for Etching Steel: Comparing 2 versions

[anthonyget]

Hello all,
I have been very keen to etch my touch mark or logo into the blades I make. A very popular machine available to do this is the Etch-O-Matic. I have been put off this technique because it seems expensive, fiddly and needing use of chemical etc.
So a few months ago I bought a very cheap label printer by Brother called the PT700. You can buy stencil tape for it and I gave it a go. It isn't bad, but far from ideal in my opinion. I then managed to find a Vinyl cutting machine, the Cricut Maker at a good price at auction. It is much more expensive than the Brother, more fiddly to use, so I wanted to make a comparison video so people might be able to make a choice.
Hope some of you will find it interesting.