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  1. AllenClapp

    Corrosion Basics for Gunsmiths

    RIG is my life-long friend! One of the surprising things that I learned in this article on corrosion is that we should not use motor oils, which so many of us have done. The reason is that motor oils are made to pick up moisture if it gets into the engine system. Apparently such oils have been...
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    Critique Request Looking for design critique. Thanks!

    An easy way to stay out of trouble on scroll direction is to only draw the backbones first. No leaves to confuse issues. Draw the major scroll backbones, then minor scroll backbones, and then leaves.
  3. AllenClapp

    Critique Request Looking for design critique. Thanks!

    Yes. The underlug on the front of the slide that keeps dirt away from the recoil spring.
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    Critique Request Looking for design critique. Thanks!

    (1) It looks like a few of the cuts would run right out into the edge of the slide. This will create a rough place on the edge that will be tough on holsters and clothing. You may wish to consider moving all the elements close to edges back a uniform distance to establish a uniform visual border...
  5. AllenClapp

    GRS flat gravers

    If you bought it from GRS, try to return it and get the C-Max ones that are made to slip into the holders.
  6. AllenClapp

    Dot punch backgrounds opinions

    You may be best served by buying beading punches from an engraving supply house like www.grs.com or www.engraver.com than a jewelry supply house. They are more likely to work well for you if you are working with steel. The beading punches carried by some engraver supply houses are the same...
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    Dot punch backgrounds opinions

    A beading punch. It has a concave center. If you hold it vertically and give it a light-to-medium hit, it presses a circle in the metal but the top remains flat. If you give it heavier power and rotate the top of the punch in a circle, you can get a nicely rounded bead. You MUST consider the...
  8. AllenClapp

    Corrosion Basics for Gunsmiths

    I was given permission to upload the article on engraving forum sites.
  9. AllenClapp

    Corrosion Basics for Gunsmiths

    I have been subscribing to American Gunsmith Magazine for decades. It is a rare issue that doesn't contain something of interest. The February 2023 article CORROSION BASICS FOR GUNSMITHS hit me between the eyes because it showed me why I have seen rust issues on some firearms in the past and how...
  10. AllenClapp

    How to engrave small circles?

    Nice comment. I have known a couple of engravers who sanded a flat side on a used bowling ball, drilled and tapped some holes in it to mount pieces of wood to which they hot glued work to engrave, and sat the bowling ball in a bag of sand or shot so they could rotate the ball as needed. They...
  11. AllenClapp

    How to engrave small circles?

    Here are some practice plate designs that I made for myself to practice cutting straight lines, curved lines, and small curves. The leaf designs are not fine art, but they are good practice for both cutting small scrollwork with sharp curves and for shading practice for small leaves. If you...
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    Help, please: Newbie engraver, onglette heel help

    I took a screen capture of your first photo. It looks like your face angle is very high--maybe 70 degrees. That makes it tough to cut. I could not tell if the end has broken off or if that is a heel. Regardless of whether the end has not been broken off and that is the ground heel angle or the...
  13. AllenClapp

    Help, please: Trying to Find Traditional, Long Term Educational Opportunity

    It may be possible to take yourself upwards by several levels by setting a schedule and taking several courses a year at GRS in Emporia, Kansas. They go from beginner level up to master level training. You could schedule a series of courses of increasing complexity and/or different skill sets...
  14. AllenClapp

    Is there a thing such as polished/glittery stippling?

    If I understand correctly, you appear to be hammering hard enough to expand the metal and, in the process, it domes itself. You can limit or prevent the doming if you hold the work in Thermo-Loc or Poly Plastic to support it when you hammer it. Don't use full power on silver. You only need to...
  15. AllenClapp

    Marcus Hunt DVD and Book on English Fine Scroll

    Thanks. Will do.
  16. AllenClapp

    Marcus Hunt DVD and Book on English Fine Scroll

    Does anyone have a set available for sale?
  17. AllenClapp

    New Stainless Pythons engravable?

    Thank you. I had forgotten the name of the Wayback Machine website to find old website info. The archive.org website is a gem.
  18. AllenClapp

    A shared message from Lisa Rohner Schafer

    Perhaps that grandson would be willing to work with Scott Pilkington to produce a book on the hammers, as Scott planned to do if he could have won the auction. They are a treasure.
  19. AllenClapp

    New Stainless Pythons engravable?

    I found that one a few weeks ago. That is not the one that had the pages of listings. The one I was looking for was formerly on the gunengraving.org website, which appears to have disappeared. I think that one is the one all of us were looking for. I cannot remember whose site that was, so I...
  20. AllenClapp

    Need a source for micro fine burrs

    Can't you get a 3/32" collet?

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