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    Need Die Sinker's Chisel .125"?

    Hi, the CD Tooling Die Sinkers look a lot like rotating tools, not like chisels…
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    Gravyrkula Ballvise

    According to the deepl translator, the swedish guy asks if anybody knows anything about the ball vise, like age and what was it used for. I don’t, never seen one made from brass or bronze before. The trust bearing in the center could be a retrofit, the grooves in the halves look like an unused...
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    Art Forms in Nature

    Thanks a lot for mentioning this wonderful book!
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    Metal loss while melting

    I experienced comparable weight losses while melting silver when I replaced my broken air-propane torch by a small oxygen-propane torch. To get enough heat (BTU, not temperature) from the small torch I turned the gases to high flow. As a result, I agitated the molten silver a lot by the high...
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    For the man who has everything...

    The brass lock cover looks positively machine engraved… would have expected hand engraved english small scroll or similiar for that price, done and signed by one of you internationally renowned master engravers ;)
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    Albrecht Durer

    You may also try https://archive.org/details/albrechtdurerhis00hindiala, not the same book, but also many Dürer engravings / woodcuts
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    Question: What Drawing Skills Are Needed for Engraving?

    Hi brennon272, I have no answers to your questions, except that „drawing skills seem very important, what you can‘t draw you can not engrave convincingly“. I‘m a bit in the same situation as you, with focus on jewellry engraving. I‘d also like hints to books and online references, suitable for...
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    Vector Programs

    The test I did with Inkscape, iPad and Easy Canvas resulted in: -the 24“ Windows screen was exported to the 12.9“ iPad -YES, I could use the the apple pencil there with Inkscape -BUT due to the big difference in size and my lack of experience with inkscape it felt very unnatural, and after some...
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    Vector Programs

    Hi Michael, What kind of graphic tablet do you use with inkscape? I hooked the iPad Pro up to the PC with Easy Canvas, but that did not work as I had imagened.
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    Refreshing a diamond bench stone

    As far as I know, abrading the topmost layer of diamond tools to restore their “bite” works ONLY for tools with diamonds in the volume, not just one layer at the surface. Cheers Ralf
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    image transfer

    Hi, I use a similiar method. I got some „potch“ from an art store which is used to glue mirror-printed pictures with the printed side to solid material. Once dry, it is blown at with a hair dryer or hot air gun for some minutes. Then one could wet the paper and rub it away carefully. It works...
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    Arabesque Belt Buckle Rendering

    Hello Michael, Firstly, I like it very much, currently I‘m not able to draw 1% of this. I would like to improve my skills and would therefore like to know if you followed a direct (personal contact, unthinkable right now) or video course. I did not find a DVD or download course for iPad drawing...
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    Question: How to center work under the microscope

    I developed the following method for microscope centering on turntables: I used a b/w laser printer for a 2D dot pattern with about 0.3mm spacing on white paper and glued this to a magnetic label for inkjet printers. Place this on your work piece or on the ball vise‘s jaws. Center the vice...
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    Question: Super gluing practice plate to jeweler's steel bench block

    should have typed ROUND graver lines
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    Question: Super gluing practice plate to jeweler's steel bench block

    Hello Monk, I use hotmelt glue already, I’d like to try the the PVC block. Did you cut the found graver lines criss-cross or just in one direction? Cheers Ralf
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    Nature's Perfection

    I had a look at their courses. I’m no scientist. But I spent 20 years in universities and particle accelerators as an engineer. I would treat some of their information carefully, to me it is seasoned a little bit too much with “eso…” while I miss the the spice of “serious” Ralf
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    sharpening question

    Hi Stonesetter, I engrave and make jewelry at home, at a non-profit basis. I work full time as electronics engineer. I’m still learning engraving. I might have some useful information about tools and sharpening. I’ll try to send you a message. Would be nice to have contact who shares my...
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    sharpening question

    Hi, I was in a similar situation concerning the purchase of american goods (I live at the French / German boarder), and built my first system arround Degussit stones (sintered Ruby) for honing and diamond plates from ebay for shaping gravers. To your question: The diamond plates kept their...
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    Dividers and Calipers

    My favorite for small divisions is the Riefler 13c. No longer made, but still kicking arround at ebay, german flea markets (like mine) and some internet sellers. A little less than 4“ long (9.5cm), very light and precise as the legs are essentially one piece. Perhaps a tool maker takes the...
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    Holidays, relaxing, drawing...

    Holidays, relaxing, drawing...
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