Margaret Wells
Need some guidance
- Thread starter Thymeless
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I'm just outside Lake Wales
Jahn Baker
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Papart, Rachel Wells is the instructor at Yavapai College in Prescott.
That looks better then my first attempt, I'm having issues just getting the gravers sharp. But I am not giving up!
I'm doing everything free hand, I found that an allen key worked better than a square blank rest the graver against as an angle reference. I made some semi-usable examples out of a punch set before I ordered a few blanks just to see if its for me.
horologist
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If any of you central Florida folks plan to attend the Lakeland gun show in January feel free to drop by our tables D7 & D8 in Hangar A.
Troy
Troy
Its a bit of a hike for me, but I might be able to make. When is it?
horologist
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Made a turn table for my practice plates until I can justify something nicer. Its a furniture leg from Home Depot resting in a hole drilled in a scrap piece of wood. I sanded everything down and also put a few pieces of paper under it and taped the edges for comfort. Its a piece of printer paper and a piece of magazine paper. No side to side wobble and it spins easily.
I'm still slipping a lot. I'm confident in the sharpness of my graver but these cheap plates I got on Amazon are a bit thinner than what the book I have recommends. I find myself wriggling the graver at times to get it going. Any guidance would be appreciated.
I'm still slipping a lot. I'm confident in the sharpness of my graver but these cheap plates I got on Amazon are a bit thinner than what the book I have recommends. I find myself wriggling the graver at times to get it going. Any guidance would be appreciated.
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