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    Critique Request Thankful for any help I can get

    Enjoy the marshmallows all the way along the satisfying learning trail. They help to smooth out the bumps in the road.
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    Critique Request Thankful for any help I can get

    You are doing fine and have wonderful detirmination to improve. Just keep studying good scroll designs and drawing for your project. It takes a lot of courage to do this and to ask for critique. I admire your efforts and know you will succeed.
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    Critique Request Thankful for any help I can get

    Thank you, now I see what you are engraving. And you are correct, the pheasant IS NOT upside down. But as Monk says, the scrollwork need some serious revision. Lets see another and better drawing please. Looks like you have some pretty nice metal work on that receiver. And it deserves a nice...
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    Critique Request Thankful for any help I can get

    I don't want to sound negative. But what are we looking at, please? Is this a design for a knife blade or is it a sheath for a knife? If it is either the pheasant is upside down.
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    John Rohner's Celebration of Life info

    Just wish him God Speed and Semper Fi from me, please Scott.
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    Help, please: Compressor Question

    Allan. Thank you for your reply. Didn't have any luck finding the small tap/barb fitting at my Home Depot. Think I got mine at a well stocked Ace Hardware. If not you can rig one out of a female T. fitting, some short threaded nipples and a thread to barb fitting.
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    Help, please: Compressor Question

    Allan, no need for a mess when draining the tank. Just buy and install a tap fitting with a hose barb. Attach a plastic hose to the barb, using a small clamp. Drill a tight fitting hole in the cap of a quart size plastic milk bottle and fit the hose into it. Also drill a 1/16 hole in the bottle...
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    Question: Lindsay Air Chasing Graver or Bench Jewel

    I advise first putting your general location on your Cafe bio. There may be an engraver in your area that has these tools and would let you try them before you invest a lot of money in the wrong thing. I have had the privilege of teaching over 600 beginning engravers. And started them all out...
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    Magnification for drawing

    As Sam W. says. An Optivisor gives you more freedom of head movement and pencil space than any microscope. Or even 3.5 diopter drugstore reading glasses will work. And you can buy them at the Dollar ( now $1.35) store. Sharp pencil, draw lightly, erase, make corrections then firm up lines. Have...
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    rotary tool in use

    Thank you Monk. Very interesting. Some skillful use of a rotary tool.
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    John Rohner's Celebration of Life info

    Thank you Scott, so sorry to hear the news of John's passing. My condolences to his wonderful family and myriad friends and admirers. God speed Marine John. Semper Fi.
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    Atlanta, Georgia

    Hello Roger. I think that we can add that the National Rifle Association and several colleges combined to teach engraving, mostly gun and knife, in the 1970's. That got the instruction ball rolling and introduced a lot of new talent to the industry As you know, Neil Hartliep, his wife and their...
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    Mobile Engraving Studio

    Nice looking rig. well done. Hope you enjoy it for a lot of years.
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    Critique Request Drawing for practice plate

    Much better. BUT.......next time make the background lining in the exterior and interior panels line up. Easy to criticize....... the inside top and side panels don't align. And missing lines in the final two upper panels and one outside leaf curl on the right. The devil is in the details...
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    Kay Lane Obituary

    Thanks for the notice and sad news Scot. Take care, stay well.
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    ball vice

    I see some very nice metal work in your latest post. And pleased to see that. And the pencil, ruler, dividers and paper. Most of the tools you need to develop your engraving skill. But sharpen that pencil point so that you can draw very light lines. Hint! Lightly drawn lines are much easier to...
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    ball vice

    See tortlieb, you are already getting feedback and advice from one of America's prime engravers. Keep drawing. designing and posting on the Cafe and you will get the encouragement and help you need. A big Thank you to T.O. Sam ! aka The Other Sam.
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    ball vice

    Thank you tortlieb. Keep your pencil and gravers sharp, and the chips flying.
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    ball vice

    Thank you for posting some pictures of your engraving work on the Cafe. Looks like you are making some good progress. Some very detailed and thoughtful borders and with nice cutting. And a skillfully cut out and engraved floorplate. Now, please take some time to study the details of scrollwork a...
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    ball vice

    Best of luck with them and your engraving. Hope you have time to post some results on the Cafe.

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