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    Wasn't sure where to introduce myself (new member)...lots of progress pics

    Welcome to the family, WValtakis2! Great looking work.
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    Question: dots for transfering images?

    I don't have a good answer beyond speculation, but you may consider just asking him directly? We all develop little tricks and approaches that work well for us but may not for others. This is why I always believe in learning from more than one person; It gives one a chance to see which...
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    Engraving for Enameling

    Wow... I've done enameling for class rings and several customs, and I know how tricky it can be. This is some great combination of skill and science to produce a very high quality product. I absolutely love this field I get to work in. There is always more to learn and more to see. Always new...
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    Are you a musician?

    Yep. Used to pay the bills with it in studios and stuff but now I just gig around at local venues with some friends. Most stringed instruments, keys, and vocals. Blues, rock, and classical mostly, but I have fun with jazz and funk when I feel it. Cheers to the other noise makers on the forum!
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    Progress Pic Chased/Repousee Frog

    Thanks for the great info, Takoyaki! I have some experience in blacksmithing and tool making, so I think I will be more connected with it if I forge the hammer head and lathe out the handle myself once I know the preferred styles I'm going for. Good tip on the square stock for punches and...
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    Question: How to shape objects when engraving?

    Nice work, SamW.
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    Question: How to shape objects when engraving?

    (Reply to Jon Silas) Okay, so there are two primary tools used for these applications. Pendulum motor type rotary tools, of which Foredom is a good brand name and you are familiar. These have a strong electric motor often hanging from an overhead fixture, and the power moves to your handpiece...
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    Question: How to shape objects when engraving?

    So far in my studies I've seen more of this successfully done by sculpting. Sam Alfano uses a brass punch on a pneumatic handpiece set to low rpms, something around 1200rpm if I recall. I am using a hammer handpiece on a micromotor with a brass punch to achieve the effect since I'm more intimate...
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    My first post.

    BTW 63wag... Sorry for semi-hijacking your post. That was a great piece of work you shared, especially for a first go. I hope my incessant questions aren't annoying anyone on the forums yet. I just get aggressive when trying to consume knowledge.
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    My first post.

    Thanks for the lead, Jonathan! You rock.
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    My first post.

    Follow up question: For shading in bulino style, do you press harder to make larger divots in the dark areas, and more gently in the light areas, or do you go for the same pressure, but more numerous divots in the darker areas? Correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like shading is basically...
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    My first post.

    Coming from being a jeweler for 20+ years, some of the skills cross over, so I am not finding it particularly difficult to grasp inlay so far, but the level of graver control necessary to make attractive scrolls and THEN inlay and clean up consistently without a catastrophic slip or something...
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    My first post.

    That looks awesome. I am new to engraving so I have no real way to know what could be critiqued about it. I'm still working on scrollwork and inlay. Lol.
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    Progress Pic Chased/Repousee Frog

    Okay great. I use pitch sometimes to hold work for stone setting but never thought to use it in this way. Tako, thanks for the book suggestion! Great to meet you. I always enjoy new reading and reference materials!
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    Progress Pic Chased/Repousee Frog

    Similar to the lost wax process that I use, in the sense that if I don't make a rubber mold after casting my piece to re-shoot the wax model, it's a one-off design (Unless someone makes a mold of it later). The wax and the plaster negative in the flask are both lost by the end of the casting...
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