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  1. Michael Rodriguez

    Critique Request Laserjet transfer method practice engraving

    Thanks for the feedback, Monk and tdelewis. I'm going to look at more scroll work to see where I can improve. I suppose I should study and draw more, then try again!
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    Critique Request Laserjet transfer method practice engraving

    I was doing practice with laser jet transfer and engraving. The image is from one of Alan Revere's books if I remember right. The first photo is bare, the second with paint, and the third is the image I used. I sized down the image to one inch in Adobe Illustrator and did an acetone transfer...
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    Modern Hi End Shotguns and their engravings. Some observations...

    I have another good one for you: A kid at work (19 years old or so) asked me if I thought he could last 30 seconds in the ring against a semi-pro boxer. I told him I'd give him 10 seconds at most. He didn't think I was giving him enough credit, but I told him he didn't know just how good a...
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    Modern Hi End Shotguns and their engravings. Some observations...

    I have tried my hand for at least several hundred hours at engraving now, but my main thing has been jewelry and jewelry repair. I can say that if you are asking this question, you must've not tried your hand at it long enough to know the difference between a 1k and 10k engraving. Even with...
  5. Michael Rodriguez

    Flare/transition cut question

    I wish I was this good at flare cutting. I've been trying to practice much more. I am still a novice, but this piece is definitely something I would be satisfied with buying if I were the customer.
  6. Michael Rodriguez

    Practice engraving on a stainless steel cigar clipper

    This isn't any sort of request per se; I just wanted to post something again. However, feel free to post your opinions on this work, as I appreciate even scathing comments. We don't know what we don't know, right? So I've never engraved stainless steel before, and decided to try it on a very...
  7. Michael Rodriguez

    Brass plate engraving 120 degree

    It is one of the minimalist wallets akin to the Ridge, but a different maker.
  8. Michael Rodriguez

    Ramblings of a Rookie

    I wouldn't say I'm new to engraving, but I haven't really put in a lot of hours into it. One thing that helped me immensely with graver coordination was doing straight lines and circles on practice plates until well after I got tired of them!
  9. Michael Rodriguez

    Brass plate engraving 120 degree

    I did this about a year ago. I used a Gravermax G8 with 120 degree graver. The image was printed off a laser jet printer and transferred with acetone. I'm still trying to get good at doing this, as it doesn't produce optimal results; I get too much image bleeding in some places. The...
  10. Michael Rodriguez

    Brass plate engraving 120 degree

  11. Michael Rodriguez

    Critique Request Line practice with round and 120 degree gravers

    Thanks for all the critiques and replies. It definitely helps in the order of correcting my errors faster!
  12. Michael Rodriguez

    Critique Request Line practice with round and 120 degree gravers

    Disclaimer before I start: I got my engraving setup to augment my jewelry some time ago (around 2014) and it's done well for that purpose. I used a gravermax G8 here, with 901 handpiece. That being said, I figured I'd start trying to do real engraving eventually, so here I am. I'm just...
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