The copper foil on many printed circuit boards is quite thin, and any pattern on the surface of the substrate will appear on the surface of the foil. Polishing such a surface would be a problem. Bill -----Original Message----- >From: Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> >Sent: Jun 28, 2012 9:45 PM >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Daguerreotypes > >Does anyone have instructions in 25 words or less on how to make a Daguerreotype? I was thinking that possibly copper clad board used for printed circuit making might be a suitable start. I wonder how much mercury it takes as I have just acquired on the black market several mercury thyratron tubes. Each contains about 20 thermometer amounts of Hg. I also have a couple of what are called Farrand lenses - f/.7 at 75 mm focal length. >So where do I start? - sure I could look it up on the net but then we would have nothing to talk about here!! > >Andy > >BTW, Cunningham, Palcewski and Mitchell - hint!
