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    Need a source for micro fine burrs

    1/16" shank diamond burs These are FG dental burs, I bought a set a while back. They seem to be pretty decent, even have cut steel with them without stripping off the diamond plating. These guys probably have exactly what you need, but it might take some deciphering to get there...
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    Making my own gravers

    Yeah I should have used something like O1 or A2 but I had a chunk of the S7 given to me.
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    Marius Mellebye - EngraverHand Designs and Artwork

    Damp it! now I drooled all over my keyboard. Beautiful!
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    Making my own gravers

    I sent it off to our mold shop heat treaters. it's maybe 57RC. Probably more like 55 though. It scratches pretty easily.
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    Making my own gravers

    S7 is a shock resistant steel yes, but to do that, it won't get as hard as a proper cutting tool alloy and probably won't hold an edge very well. I have a precision ground angle plate I made as an apprentice from S7. Someone "borrowed" it and used as an anvil. Now it has dents on one corner...
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    Bill Bagwell "Hell's Belle" engraved by Master Engraver the late great Mr. E. C. Prudhomme

    What is going on with the buttcap? It looks like the center of it is dented or had something polished out. Did someone remove part of the design or is it just a lighting issue.
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    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    When doing copper my experience has been, that your first hit with copper, should be with a fairly aggressive texture on the punch. It seems to hold the copper from expanding as much. And it should be a firm hit. I even have a small faced hammer that I used a fine checkering file to crosshatch...
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    A trial and error process

    Thanks. I forgot to mention, by rolling other materials with the coins you can add textures. Screen material will leave a grid etc.
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    Critique Request Lighter for Ukraine

    The sunflowers are a nice touch. They look well fertilized.
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    A trial and error process

    I've used a rolling mill to make larger blanks out of coins. Silver coins work best, but copper/silver clad or old pennies works too. The clad coins are interest, if you cut all the way thru the cladding into the copper it will give a nice contrast and if you roll after engraving you can =almost...
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    Copper Tooling

    I have similar problems, just click on the little CC button and get closed captions. My tv is set up with closed captions as a default, if I turn the sound up enough to hear, it annoys the wife. Reading is good for you right?
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    Bench jeweler setup question

    Y'all forgot the most important one, a good optivisor. Lighting and a comfortable stool to sit on.
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    Engraving Pen

    "Without effort!" Without effort they will definitely be unique. "No skill required!" And it will show... It does look like it might be good for light duty background removal. If it's got enough power, it might be useful. Give us a review.
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    for those with steady hands

    Spectacular skills and artistry.
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    Need Die Sinker's Chisel .125"?

    Closest I could find was a Set of 4 Ridge Splitting Chisels Dental Dentistry Implant Instruments on ebay.
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