(direct link to video)

You’ll need:

Laser printer (don’t try this on an inkjet)
.005” (5 mil) thick sheet of copper (hobby shop or ebay)
Etching solution (available at Radio Shack or Fry’s)
Sheet of mailing labels (Avery’s #8160 definitely works - others probably do also)
Spray paint
Acrylic paint
Clothes iron
Paint thinner

After creating the stencil, I “framed” it by soldering some pieces of circuit board blank to it. This made it much more rigid - and will probably help it hold up better (I left this out of the video since it was already running kind of long).

Making the video took me all day - and was exhausting.

My next video is kind of a follow-up to this one. It should be much easier to shoot - and it involves fire.

That has changed now - no more day job for me.

It’s taken 5 years to get there, but my anti-spam software seems to be producing enough income to completely support me and my various hobbies.

The timing couldn’t have been better, since the company I was working for hit some tough times (I actually gave them six weeks notice - but they laid me off before my time was up).

So what am I going to do with all my newly free time?

Expect SpamButcher 2.0 at some point this coming year. SpamButcher has done well in the past - but I want to “kick it up a notch” relating to both application performance and sales.

SpamButcher Combat Robotics will undergo a re-branding and hopefully spin-off some commercially viable products / technologies (possibly related to translational drift).

Oh, and I’m starting this blog.