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  1. AllenClapp

    Question: Advice on GRS classes or private instruction?

    A few more suggestions--if you want to spend quality time with a bulino guru (and a scroll guru and a shading guru), Lee Griffiths may also be one you want to consider. If you can't travel to his site, he is about to start offering online classes, so stay tuned for that. Lee has taught live at...
  2. AllenClapp

    Question: Advice on GRS classes or private instruction?

    There is nothing like being there with an instructor to get little nuances that you can't get from videos. Several schools have Lindsey equipment available, such as Ray Cover's school and the Texas Engraving School. If you haven't tried bulino at all, you may want to start with excellent videos...
  3. AllenClapp

    Help, please: Grs engraving vice

    It could be cleaning. It could also be that the drag adjustment screw has somehow gotten tightened. Try opening up the adjustment screw first. You may wish to call GRS and talk to Greg Gentry, the repair guru. He is very helpful.
  4. AllenClapp

    Engraved 1953 Beretta

    The shading was done with a liner, so that would not have taken much time.
  5. AllenClapp

    Question: Recommended resources for ornamental wood carving?

    AND MicroMark even has model train stuff! What's not to like?
  6. AllenClapp

    Omega clip broke in half

    Nice discussion, Dan. Thanks for putting this up.
  7. AllenClapp

    Are Nouveau Flamingo Alphabet (1901)

    Oh, what fun! My painter friends will have some fun with that--one in particular that both paints birds and has an agile mind. Thanks for putting this up.
  8. AllenClapp

    Left handed

    It is interesting to note that highly technical professions seem to have several times the percentage of lefthanders as the normal population--especially the energy business.
  9. AllenClapp

    Surface cracks in sheet metal

    Are you annealing the metal after every few passes?
  10. AllenClapp

    Question: Recommended resources for ornamental wood carving?

    Go online and look at the books section of Woodcraft.com and PackardWoodworks.com. You will find books on all kinds of wood carving, including carving gunstocks.
  11. AllenClapp

    Critique Request Drawing for practice plate

    You might want to try doubling the number of background shading lines. That would increase contrast and make the design leap off the plate better.
  12. AllenClapp

    Left handed

    Not long ago, I was watching a live engraving presentation by a left-handed engraver and, when the issue of turning the work into the graver came up, a right-hander had a question about it. The engraver was able to change the feed so that the picture being sent out was reversed left to right and...
  13. AllenClapp

    Critique Request A fresh idea

    This design gives much better contrast and balance. This is a great design to use for exploring how best to create depth with contrast in shading. If you are like me, you may find that trying different shading on some areas before spending the time to cut the whole piece may both reduce total...
  14. AllenClapp

    Help, please: Engraving a signature on a stainless steel pen cap

    A good hand engraver can take your signature file, transfer it to the object, use either a hammer and chisel graver or an air or electric assisted handpiece with graver to cut your signature exactly as if you had it in your hand. A rotary handpiece does not give the same high-end look. Hand...
  15. AllenClapp

    Question: Wooden pin vise

    These don't have a grip for a round rod. They have what, for lack of a better term, is a double circle grip, where you slip the curved back end of an ink nib between the circles and it is held in with pressure.
  16. AllenClapp

    Critique Request A fresh idea

    You may want to consider a leaf foldover to reduce the long shading lines on the prominent vertical section on the left of the design. Likewise, a foldover or two on the similar section to the right side of the middle of the design.
  17. AllenClapp

    Help, please: Engraving a signature on a stainless steel pen cap

    If you already have a vector file of the signature, have you considered having a hand engraver transfer the image to the item and engrave it by hand? There are very talented hand engravers in the NYC area.
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