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    Help: Is this die retouching?

    Have you contacted Fred Weinberg, James Wiles, or Ken Potter? Fred is a member of Coin Community forum and Ken has an error group on facebook. Also, if you can find Tom Rogers out there, he worked at the U.S. mint as an engraver and in a conversation with him a few year back, he mentioned...
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    Help: Is this die retouching?

    My semi educated guess would be the die had minor damage creating these lines and in the process of polishing out the damage the deeper ones were left behind. Since the out most parallel line is completely off of the Beaver, I don't think they were added to correct a problem with the fur. also...
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    Olympus SZ61TR

    It has a 10x eyepiece and the .67 - 4.5x objective lens. It also has a goosneck led light and a paxcam 3 camera. I think I may go for it.
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    Olympus SZ61TR

    Can anyone recommend or recommend not this scope? I have an opportunity to pick one up with a Paxcam 3 Camera for under a grand.
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    Question: Throwback to an old thread

    Vivaldi's four seasons, or the Dead Milkmen
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    Help, please: Coin carving question

    Start with a radiused heel flat graver. I push from the rim towards the bust gently to shave just a little at a time and use overlapping pushes to keep it smooth until all the lines are gone and you have small waves instead of gouges. then move on to stones.
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    hobo nickels

    I got my introduction to engraving with hobo nickels in 2001 when there weren't very many people making them. For the first few years, any decent carving would sell in the low $100's and a high grade original design could go well over $1,000. Since that time, hundreds of people have taken it...
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    Naive question

    You can hook a system 3 handpiece directly to a compressor, without the foot pedal, but it would run constantly, which is why it needs a foot pedal.
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    Newbie question

    an adaptor will work to connect your hose.
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    Looking for an affordable way to get started

    I don't think that vise will be stable enough for hammer and chisel engraving, you will eed something beefier
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    Engraving a chrome plated axe head

    Actually, they want the main award design on the axe head and smaller plaques on the handle for each annual recipient...also chrome. i think I will pass on this one and suggest they sandblast a design into the head for contrast. thanks for all the input! Joe
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    Engraving a chrome plated axe head

    I've been asked to engrave lettering on a chrome plated axe head that will be used for an award in the forestry service. I have not engraved on chrome plate, does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this or if I should pass on it? Thanks! Joe
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    BM 9mm

    My sister was the firearms registrar when she worked for the Warren, Michigan PD. One guy came in to register a short barreled Uzi...he had to leave without it.
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    BM 9mm

    P.P?
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    BM 9mm

    I bought one of these last year as a fun shooter, am also thinking about engraving it. does yours have the dot punched import number on it as well? and the 3/8 inch ground out circle from the Spanish police markings? I need to figure out how o eliminate them.
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