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  1. AllenClapp

    Ray Viramontez engraved gun

    Back in the 90s, when my wife's parents were still alive and living in Tifton GA, the highlight of my trips down there were if I could get away and drive over to see Ray. He had some of the best stories about engraving adventures. He had a serious business engraving Harley motorcycle parts. He...
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    Turntable setup

    The GRS turntable stand adjusts for height.
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    Graver angle chart by Allen Clapp

    Your question about graver pressure at the cutting surface is interesting. I guess you would have to know what force the handpiece or hammer is applying to the graver to start. I am reminded of the old question as to which applies the most pressure on the ground, a B-52 fully loaded with 1000-lb...
  4. AllenClapp

    Its been awhile

    Larry, I am a painter and an engraver. One of the things that fools a lot of painters is thinking that different colors produce different values. I teach my painting students to take a photo of a color painting with their cell phones and turn it to grayscale to check the real values. If it...
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    Graver angle chart by Allen Clapp

    Email me and I will send you the EXCEL files. Allen Clapp. alc@clappartstudios.com
  6. AllenClapp

    Royalty free western clip art

    Unfortunately, many of her western scene titles are out of print, so you have to go to folks that sell out-of-print ones. That is why I couldn't find the one I looked for earlier. It was out of print and I had to wait until it showed up in used booksellers.
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    Royalty free western clip art

    Years ago, the FEGA ENGRAVER Magazine Issue no. 49 had a TIP FOR THE TRADE from Bob Evans about a book by Carol Belanger Grafton called OLD WEST CUTS. It is printed on one side so you can copy without the other side showing through. I tried to find a copy a few years ago and could not. However...
  8. AllenClapp

    Question: treading on sensitive ground...graver formulas

    There is an easy way to think about this, but the calculations are messy. First, think about taking a square graver BEFORE the face angle has been cut. If you turn it 45 degrees to one side of zero and put it down at your heel angle on the hone platen, the entire side would touch and you would...
  9. AllenClapp

    How Deep To Cut?

    I have a bunch of castings that have been offered by FEGA over time and most of them are very good examples of the actual cuts, particularly the later ones. Many engravers offer castings both ways on their own websites: one with blacking and the other without. It is instructive to see the...
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    Announcement: All Pledge Membership auto-renew subscriptions cancelled

    Perhaps what we should all do is set up a reminder to buy ourselves a great birthday present each year: i.e., renew our pledge of support. Because my birthday comes before what would have been my next automatic renewal, the result for me will be a small boost this year.
  11. AllenClapp

    Happy Easter

    I grew up in Siler City NC. Chatham County was the "Rabbit Capital of the World" in the first half of the last century. Your "chicken" salad on the trains was actually rabbit. Even the Waldorf Astoria served rabbit. The town seal had a rabbit on it, which was still on the 1939 Seagrave fire...
  12. AllenClapp

    Face Masks

    A great face mask for wearing for extended periods is the Dust Bee Gone mask. It comes in 3 sizes, is washable, and lasts 3-4 years with appropriate care. It doesn't fog glasses. I have used it for years when turning and sanding wood--especially the exotics that are so harmful--because it...
  13. AllenClapp

    Practice Plate

    Where does John Schippers teach classes?
  14. AllenClapp

    Trouble with laser printer transfers

    I went to office supply places and got a test print from each of the low-end, black only printers. I found that all the Canon and HP printers gave good results. I have 3 color Brother machines and none of them work--even with specifying black only. The one in the GRS classrooms is an older...
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    More on laser copy transfers to metal

    In a GRS class, I found that printing a design out in reverse with their particular Canon laser printer and using acetone to transfer the image to metal worked great for me. When I got home, I found that none of the 3 Brother laser printers had output that would work with acetone. I have seen...
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