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  1. AllenClapp

    Scrolls, etc

    Nice find, Mitch. This one has some interesting corner treatments and outside border treatments that would work well on tags, plaques, etc. Some would work well on firearms and jewelry. Some of the line scrolls would be interesting flare-cut designs.
  2. AllenClapp

    Borders

    Mitch, is there any special place to look? I saw a couple of advertisements for a Roycroft border style and a holly leaf border but did not see anything else. What did I miss?
  3. AllenClapp

    Removing Manganese Phosphate Coating AKA Parkerized Coating

    I bought some for a project that got pushed to the back burner, so I have not tried it yet. Please let us know your results if you get to it before me and I will do likewise. I found it after reviewing comments by folks who had used it and liked it better than some of the more harsh/etching...
  4. AllenClapp

    Engraving Tools

    Mitch, from what source was this taken? Is a clearer copy available? I must admit my ignorance about the "line" cut versus the "flat cut." They look the same in the illustration at this pixel level and I have never heard of that distinctive terminology difference.
  5. AllenClapp

    Removing Manganese Phosphate Coating AKA Parkerized Coating

    The product is Iosso Quickstrip. https://iosso.com/products/quickstrip/ It is meant to remove both Parkerizing and bluing WITHOUT etching the surface. I do not see it on Brownells site either.
  6. AllenClapp

    Sculpture Engraving First Attempt

    What were your final settings?
  7. AllenClapp

    Removing Manganese Phosphate Coating AKA Parkerized Coating

    Brownells sells solutions for removing Parkerizing
  8. AllenClapp

    What is a good printer setup for doing transfers on to metal?

    Great point about the scaling issues. Paper runs around rollers and that can affect the actual printed size with some printers. Sometimes, a printer will print 100% but copy at some larger or smaller %, or vice versa. It is imperative to check the scale with each printer that you use. I have...
  9. AllenClapp

    2024 Engrave-In

    Another useful topic would be how to produce great photos of engraved guns, knives, and jewelry.
  10. AllenClapp

    Question: Graverhone/gravermax shaping/polishing

    You mentioned "lines in your cuts." What kind of lines and where in the cuts? Can you post a photo? Are the lines on the outsides of curves? If so, your heel may need to be shortened to limit heel drag? Have you examined the graver cutting edges with a high-power loupe? Are there chips in the edges?
  11. AllenClapp

    Printer with or without scanner bed?

    You have two issues. First, you can print designs on transparency film, turn them over, scan the reversed design and print it to make a transfer. You will want that capability, so get the scanning capability. Second, and MOST IMPORTANT, do NOT buy a Brother laser printer. I have three of them...
  12. AllenClapp

    Are these gravers?

    I agree on the beading tools. The other two in the bottom photos look like burnishers to me.
  13. AllenClapp

    Armrest

    Mitch, you need five of those: one for your engraving bench, two for your computer chair, one to sleep with, and one to cover up with. Who makes them?
  14. AllenClapp

    Sharpening advice for beginner

    If you do not have one, I recommend that you invest in a loupe with at least 10 power. They are not expensive and they help you to clearly see the cutting edges and surfaces on your graver to check symmetry and make sure that all of any chipped edge has been removed. You mentioned using a...
  15. AllenClapp

    Jewelry box

    Nicely done for that size. It took me a minute to see how your symmetrical designs flowed from the various starting points but, now that I see how it works, I like it.
  16. AllenClapp

    Jewelry box

    Size?
  17. AllenClapp

    Steel Cronite

    GRS.com has 2 inch by 2 inch Cronite practice plates. If you want larger sizes, go online to www.cronite.com. Click on CATALOG in the upper menu. Scroll almost to the end down to DIE AND PLATE MATERIALS. They offer 1/2 inch [12.7 mm], 1/4 inch [6.35 mm], and 18 gauge [1.27 mm] plates. They will...
  18. AllenClapp

    Ron Smith's Advanced Drawing of Scrolls 3rd Edition Soon Available

    Is this a revised 3rd Edition? Or, is this just a 3rd printing? That was not clear from the above information. If it is a revised edition, I would want one, but I already have the original.
  19. AllenClapp

    Greetings from sawdust land

    Although the GRS engraving systems need oil-less air, GRS sells an oil-type compressor as its quietest one, so they can be used. However, you need to add an oil filter kit if your oil-type compressor does not already have one on it. GRS sells those as well.
  20. AllenClapp

    The Secret Meeting of Bulgarian Engravers 2023

    You really do know how to make folks jealous! Great fun. Great camraderie.

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