Sometimes I get orders from the carpenters for brass ornaments.
Using XY-cutter or operative printing technology (depending on the
detailing), I can make antique-looking things, without contact
form-sheet, UV-light and long chemical etching.  Link for photos:

  http://www.adrive.com/public/6eqfz6/Brass%020Etching.7z 

With respect,
Konstantyn Knyazev
Lvov, Ukraine
hokk@mail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ The photos are stored in a compression format supported by a
 [ trustworthy free "open source" program from SourceForge
 [ which can be downloaded for Windows here: 
 [ http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/files/latest/download?source=directory 
 [ The dozen photos of etched brass objects are quite interesting.  -- Jody