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  1. SamW

    a weird one for ya

    Example of selective color removal...
  2. SamW

    a weird one for ya

    Selective polish with a green polishing pin from Rio Grande works well for me. Takes very little effort and you have very good control. I put the pin holder into the end of a wood dowel and use the pin like a pencil eraser.
  3. SamW

    Happy Thanksgiving

    Absolutely! And FEGA and The Café are way up on the list.
  4. SamW

    Happy Thanksgiving

    And to you also Sir John! Tis a beautiful day here.
  5. SamW

    Work Flow

    I tend to mix and match...doing what seems fun at the time. I usually draw borders then scroll patterns and scenes. Then cut borders including any gold cavities. Then cut the scroll and any animals. I will add gold lines about this time as I like to see what it will look like with the rest of...
  6. SamW

    Issue 130 of The Engraver

    Ditto the above...a very very beautiful issue. Thanks Andrew!
  7. SamW

    Some practice scrollwork...

    Keep in mind that you should keep your tool holding hand/wrist ridged otherwise if you rotate the vise and at the same time make turning movements with your wrist you WILL induce elbows. It is near impossible to combine the two movements uniformly. I catch myself doing this from time to time...
  8. SamW

    Push Dagger

    Ditto the above comments. From design to execution to photography it is all superbly done!
  9. SamW

    Cutting aluminum

    I have engraved a good bit of aluminum and find Never-Seez or some other anti-seize lube works really well. Aluminum galls very easily and sticks to the face of the graver causing a false face making it hard to cut a straight line. I strop the point on hardwood frequently as well as lube...
  10. SamW

    Latest knife learning inlay

    Like Monk says, quality work is not a race, it does take time...as is said "it only costs more to go first class"!
  11. SamW

    Thank you for encouraging a young man with a dream

    I think it looks great with the darker background.
  12. SamW

    Out the window...

    Not the best shot but I will keep watching...
  13. SamW

    Thank you for encouraging a young man with a dream

    Hope to meet in Vegas JB. You will fine the FEGA show a real eye opening experience!
  14. SamW

    Out the window...

    Mike, until I can talk the 4x4 into posing for me, this one will have to do. Taken in the same area of my lawn but about 6 years ago.
  15. SamW

    Out the window...

    OK Mike, I will see if he will co-operate.
  16. SamW

    Out the window...

    By the way, that 4x4 buck looks like it would make an outstanding engraving if anyone is interested. Have at it and post photos.
  17. SamW

    Latest knife learning inlay

    Beautifully complicated! And yes, I very much like it.
  18. SamW

    Out the window...

    Today's yard ornaments...Fall is in the air!
  19. SamW

    A Bit More Two-Step

    Forty five pounds of vise is a big help Tim. And that barrel is a heavy one. Here is the top of the "1/4" rib I just finished.
  20. SamW

    A Bit More Two-Step

    Pap...I use square carbide for almost all of my cutting. HHS flats made from #1 knife gravers for gold line cavities...and scrapers for sculpting. Gravers have 57 degree faces and about 10 or so degrees lift with very small heel.

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