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    What questions should you ask when looking for an engraver?

    Ask to see a portfolio of their work. Do a google image search of engraved knives and you will and you will see a range of skill level. FEGA has a list of master engravers as well as others who do excellent work Firearm Engravers Guild Home Page (fega.com)
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    Question: Scrimshaw question

    I have never worked in ivory but I would say you need high polish. For some interesting work in ivory visit David Warther Carvings Homepage - David Warther Carvings
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    Transfer Method

    People are always asking about transfers. There are many ideas that have been put here. This looks like one of the best. For me it depends on what I am doing. This would be a good method when doing a rifle or shotgun. When I do something like a pocketknife, I go back I just go to the old...
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    Engraving a PLASTIC CZ SBR (short barreled rifle) for ATF specs

    Somewhere on the forum is a photo of a handgun with a plastic frame that was engraved. Try a google image search for something similar.
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    transfers

    I think that all these papers have the same thing in common. That is that they have a silicon coating that keeps the toner from sticking to the paper.
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    transfers

    Must be the same as baking parchment paper. You get 100% of all the toner on the metal.
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    finally

    Winsor Newton is the finest. If you have trouble with it beading on the surface, try a mix of dish soap and water mixed with the paint. You will need to experiment to get the correct mix. A little soap goes a long way.
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    TRANSFERS

    Check the archive for transfers using baking parchment paper. There are good explanations using that technique. It will transfer 100% of the toner on the metal. After transferring using that method always remember to heat the metal to fix the image so it will not smear. I use a heat gun. My...
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    Pulsgraver

    I would like to see people's opinion of the Pulsegraver. I see that there are two for sale in the classifieds.
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    Question: (SOLVED) C-Max & Glensteel for the QC holder?

    All my gravers are round or square, Glen steel or Cmax. Before I sharpen them, I grind a flat spot on the shank for the set screw. When I resharpen, they will always be in the correct orientation for the face and heel. I like mostly round ones because grinding the flat spot for the set screw...
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    Revolver cylinder holder help

    I have two brass cones with holes drilled through them. A rod is put through the cylinder with the cones put up against the cylinder to hold it. Two pieces of steel bent at 90 degrees with fitted with vice pins and holes drilled for the rod to go through are put in the vice. The brass cones...
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    Source for practice plates

    http://www.sendcutsend.com/ I checked this out. It looks like a good place to get material if you are looking for material that is be used for a display. Some engravers like to put together a set of plates to show the level of skill they have. As I mentioned above, if it is just for...
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    Source for practice plates

    I get my practice plates at tractor Supply or hardware stores. I buy the 2 or 3 inch wide stuff. I sand it on my belt sander up to 240 grit then finish with 320 by hand. Then I cut the length I need on my band saw.
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    Inlaying Green gold?

    Cadmium can be added to gold to make it have a green color. Cadmium is very toxic. Always know what you are working with.
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    Smith Wesson 39-2 slide

    Most S&W are engravable. I have seen the one you're talking about engraved but can't answer because I've never don one. On any gun always find a spot that will not show to do a test cut. Under the grips is a good place because that is part of the frame.
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    Question: How to prevent copper plate from oxidizing?

    Try to find the hardest and sticky wax you can find. Then cut it with liter fluid. Renaissance wax leaves a hard surface and is difficult to spread. That is why I cut it with lighter fluid to apply to a surface. You just need to experiment to see what you get. Much of what I have suggested...
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    Question: How to prevent copper plate from oxidizing?

    The parchment paper is used for baking cookies and bread. The silicon gives it a nonstick surface. It is placed under the cookies before putting them in the oven. After baking the cookies slide off cleanly. You can find it in food stores that sell supplies for baking. It comes two ways, in...
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    Question: Graverhone/gravermax shaping/polishing

    I suggest using steel gravers. They will take a high polish and give good results. Cmax gravers are easily chipped along the edge and point. Steel gravers should cut the gold easily. Cmax are made by compressed carbide dust in a wax like cobalt material. I think that is the way they are...
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    Question: How to prevent copper plate from oxidizing?

    I recommend using a laser printer and print on baking parchment paper. If the varnish is tacky but not too thick it should transfer by burnishing over the design. You will get 100% of the toner on the copper. Since the toner is fixed on the paper by heat in the printer, I use a heat gun to...
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    What is a good printer setup for doing transfers on to metal?

    I think that the HP printers that use 61, 62, 63 inks are no longer being produced. You can still buy the inks for the ones that are still in use. I just bought an HP desk jet 2755e for $50 from Amazon. It is also being replaced with a newer model. That is why it was inexpensive. It did...

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