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    Turn On The Light

    a nice, pleasant idea, and a good cutting job.
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    Critique Request Scroll and design

    no internal detailing is going to look good if the spine or backbone/spiral has lumps, bumps, or irregularities. i'd first concentrate on doing as perfect a spine as possable. far easier to detail a good spiral than a wonky one. the results will always look better. just keep drawing.
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    Critique Request First scroll

    without a bit of a border, yer graver will go off into infinity. as previously mentioned, cut the design. then, and only then, will your design skills show their true nature.there's one substitute for practice: do more practice on odd shapes, even difficult, crazy shapes. this will enhance yer...
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    How to improve the attached-- all input welcome thanks

    use a bit of hot melt glue. glue the plate onto a smaller block of wood. put a few drops of water on a known flat such as plate glass. then apply a sheet of wet/or dry paper of the correct grit. unless you're using heavy pressure, the paper will adhere to the glass. this has worked for me. when...
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    How to improve the attached-- all input welcome thanks

    you can find a lot of stuff by sam alfano right here. you see, he's the guy that owns this forum. the guy we all pay homage to every night. no distractions from him, as his videos and info are straight to the point with no glitter or fluff. even engraving as a hobby will take much practice and...
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    Dumb newbie question

    this forum is for hand enravers. some of us do use pantographs for certain applications. i use pantos, laser, and cnc machines,as well as engrving by hand. send me a pm with yer phone #. i can set you off in the right direction.
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    A book by Marty Rabeno?

    looks teriffic. a neat idea as well. thanks for showing this.
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    Critique Request Scrollback bone - back to basics!

    i usually use a 9h mechanical lead holder. i use a pointer to give the lead a very fine tip. i have also used real thin sharpie pens. depends on what i'm workin on. sam alfano advised using 9h pencils. his are wood. i got mine on the bay.i got maybe 30 or so leads for 7 us bucks.
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    Best (cheapest) place for Jun-Air oil?

    he single head unit i use for engraving never gets warm at all. but then, it's blowin cubic inches rather than cubic feet.
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    Big game drawings.

    i was trained in the use of a, "bar" rifle. was a full auto, a real beast, not too good for going after deer and such. if memory serves, i think it was 30.06 caliber. i'd love to see fotos when you're finished with the job.
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    Hedcut portraits

    how does the technique differ from drawing ? i mean other than the use of the i pad.
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    Best (cheapest) place for Jun-Air oil?

    i aint jealous a bit. so far i have been given three jun-airs.!! 2 were double heads. one was a single head which was new in its original crate. i ended up doing an engraving for a dude that installs new, and repairs or scraps old medical lab equipment. he gave me the two doubles.
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    Big game drawings.

    will you be doing all three, or just one ? they will look nice when cut in steel.
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    Critique Request Scrollback bone - back to basics!

    i think the smaller ends should be a tad larger. you, or at least i had to draw till such became automatic. several hundred more and they will be better. if you have to think about drawing a scroll, you'll likely mess it up. with experience at the bench, on an actual job, if there's a...
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    Work ive been doing

    excellent stuff you show there. not the usual that's seen here. just shows, engraving need not be boring "same ole stuff" thanks for showing
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    First Cuts..........

    it's good that you practice a variety of cuts. esp script. keep up the good work.
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    Critique Request Duck bulino

    we understand what you say. so you're english is good enough
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    First Cuts..........

    i'd be kicked off the forum if i showed mine. fortunately, i had no real camera at the time.
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    Kudu bulino progress

    what are you planning on doing to the background ? or are you undecided as yet ?
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    Progress photo

    curiosity got the best of me. how do you intend to impart color to this work ? it's already quite fascinating to look at just the wayit is.

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