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  1. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    That is a great tip I’ll make sure to try that in the future. I to try and do large projects from time to time which are probably too hard. I learn a lot in the process and carry that over to normal easier projects.
  2. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    Thanks for the idea, I think that option is out for this though since the metal is displaced by the hammering in of those areas thereby stretching the inlay slightly in all directions. Thinking back I should have started at the edges not the middle. I also should have made the “hooks” sharper...
  3. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    For anyone interested here is a photo of the setup. I had my tungsten piston in the Lindsay hand piece with about a medium stroke at 65 psi.
  4. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    Well they aren’t all a win! Total fail on the copper inlay. Teeth would not hold the copper at all. I think I made the teeth too wide and dull. Copper work hardened like it usually does but not before stretching the inlay oversized. I set it in 2 areas one spot on each wing then moved to the...
  5. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    Thanks for the tip! I never realized how much bounce there was in a knife scale until I followed your and John b advise. I found a piece of plastic from an old epoxy spreading tool. Cut to fit and sanded the thickness down to a nice press fit. Made removing the remainder of the background 5x...
  6. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    Got the inlay all cut and filed to shape annealed and ready to inlay. Just have to raise a burr field and under cut the area.
  7. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    Thanks for the tip! The blade is taped up really well (5 layers of painters tape) I hadn’t thought of filling the inside though. Sounds like a good idea, I’ll make a shim that fits. Thanks!
  8. Mike576

    Multicolor inlay (first try)

    I’m working on my first multi color inlay. Copper, 24k gold, and fine silver. I plan to do the copper as a 20 gauge sheet inlay and the gold/silver with 24 gauge dead soft wire. I started by sanding the stainless steel spyderco delica against my surface plate with 120, 400 and 600 grit to get...
  9. Mike576

    magnification

    To give a more specific answer I use a leica a60. With this scope and a .5 Barlow lens (Which cuts the magnification in half but doubles the working distance) i usually am zoomed in about half way for average cutting. It’s nice to be able to see more of the overall deign while cutting to keep...
  10. Mike576

    Rare opportunity

    my bad! haha hard to tell over text
  11. Mike576

    Rare opportunity

    i assume they mean Sam alfano
  12. Mike576

    Rare opportunity

    Rare opportunity for someone out there with pockets deeper than mine. https://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/1059031/
  13. Mike576

    One year to Master?

    Why set such a short timeframe for oneself? Might as well enjoy the ride!
  14. Mike576

    Critique Request Gift for my wife

    Thank you!
  15. Mike576

    Critique Request Gift for my wife

    Absolutely! On the back engraved is the date and our last name. Thank you very much! It was a very exciting project.
  16. Mike576

    Critique Request Gift for my wife

    Thanks! I hope she will, there were a few good points people made which guided me to it being a necklace! Glad i listened haha
  17. Mike576

    Critique Request Gift for my wife

    Just in case anyone was interisted I decided to go ahead and engrave the first design. I made it into a necklace pendant instead of a zipper pull. It is by no means perfect but captures a moment in time of my progress so far with design and engraving ability. Im extremely pleased with the...
  18. Mike576

    Micro Engraving

    Pretty darn tiny, i looked into it more, apparently the scene is 100 microns wide (.0039 inches) or about the width of a sheet of printer paper.
  19. Mike576

    Needle file question

    Thanks for the tip, never thought to check antique stores and the like, i have a few in town i can take a look at soon.
  20. Mike576

    Needle file question

    Very cool tool! ill have to make something similar, i ended up using a jewelers sae blade by hand slowly scraping in some of the tiny areas while looking through my microscope. it worked but took a while since the blade was all floppy. That tool would have come in handy under the scope. Thanks...

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