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    Tendinitis

    wear an ace bandage on forearm a couple inches below elbow inside joint. most places that sell ace bandages sell one for that about an inch wide with velcro like wrist ace.
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    Fret Erasers for Scratch Removal on Metal

    check out a product called micro mesh. its an abrasive on a pad ,a pop sickle stick, paper. comes in sets from about 400 to 12000 grit in a set. i have found looking at other crafts and hobbys there are a lot of things that can be reporposed between them. leather stamps that are inked, rubber...
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    Checkering question

    you could try a coarse ( fewer lpi ) liner tool ,running it deep if you want to cover up what is there. with a liner over lap a couple teeth to keep a good parallel kinda like wood checkering and a lot of cuts to get depth.
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    Question: Sandblasting or beadblasting

    Sandblast is more aggressive than bead blast, soda blast even finer. The top of slides are mostly bead blast for anti glare. you can mask off areas to keep polished part for design. The biggest thing to watch is your pressure. I do not know about gold, but be careful you might end up with gold dust.
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    Question: How to blacken an engraved stainless steel engraving

    I found the web site a while back but never got around to trying any. It is chemical pigment or dye. He has email/phone to ask directly. https://steelfxpatinas.com. Also a friend that has a gun shop and does cerakote just started hot blueing tanks. He had told me the blueing he uses will do...
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    Warming a Graver Vise

    they make a rubber sticky back tape for insulating pipes. Also it would take some real modification/remount/rewire the hot plate from an old mr coffee might do the trick. Seems about the right size and plenty of spares around when coils finally burn out. Maybe a spare on the bench to keep the...
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    Conversion of standard handpieces and GRS GraverMax to use AT palm control

    I have seen sewing machines that used an arm that came down from the cabinet to use the knee or side of the leg to run the throttle. It would take a bit of work adapting and mounting it but I think it could be done with the foot control.
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    Engraving motorcycle parts

    Monk is right, that is why I say replacement part and warn cust it might not cut well. As for deplate I have talked to Tira Mitchell by phone, she says deplate replate but you have to find a plater that won't fill the cuts to wash it out. That is when I decided to try replacement parts my wifes...
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    Interesting Antique Graver

    If it is not a graver my next guess would be for clock/watch repair. big in that era and have seen watch maker tools mixed in with engraving tools . engraved pocket watches were big back in the day.
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    Question: Throwback to an old thread

    Usually the radio (classic rock) and the drone of the gravermeister. Sometimes headphones good cds to block the world and chip away...
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    Engraving motorcycle parts

    Most will say don't do it. The real answer is depends on the chrome. I have done horn covers, coil covers, swing arm inserts, and also aluminum parts. I have bought a set of expensive axle nut covers the chrome peeled in a large piece as soon as the graver went in. Chrome is pretty hard and...
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    New Damascus Purdey

    I did not see a price either, just an enquire box. Very nice looking shotgun, but I think I will have to click the box at bottom of the page that says add to wish list....
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    moving up.....kinda

    You might find it useful to cut from the inside of the scroll backbone working out to where it would start or connect to another scroll. This is sometimes useful for turning the vice into the graver with more comfort, and less stopping to readjust the hand for turning the vice.
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    Help, please: engraving copper

    cutting should give a chip curl , dull graver will push metal up on the sides and not much curl.
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    Anybody recognize these hammers.

    good idea for nailing, might keep it from hitting y darn fingers.....
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