Does any one out there wash their ceramic laps? Is it possible to do this to change from .5 micron to .25micron or will washing it just be a waste of time and money because the two will mix?
I have been practicing hand push script lettering. I suggest you try it. Putting lettering on items for people is a way to make some money to get that air system. Winter's School of Jewelry Engraving is a good source for information. If you can find it. I use a no. 45 flat and a 105 degree...
One thing to remember about using transfers is that the more junk you put on your work the more dirt and junk you are cutting as well. It can get messy. There is more info about transfers on this forum you could spend most of the day reading them all.
I have a flex shaft Dremel. There is a slight oscillation that will brake my stone setting drills every time. It is not noticeable except under high magnification. Maybe it is just my Dremel but I would stay away.
I have been looking at the beautiful work of Brian Hochstrat on the recent post of the Browning shotgun. I would like to know how the gold sky was done. Was it done in the usual way of raising teeth and hammering in gold wire? Is there another way. If it was done with gold wire that is a lot...
I use an HP ENVY 5540 printer, My ink is 62, Pictorico transparency film to print on, found on Amazon, Prismacolor 40% grey marker from Hobby Lobby to coat the metal. Make sure the marker is 40% grey, colors will not work. Make sure you print on the correct side of the transparency. It will...
As I look at the scroll and how they are cut it appears to me that these were cut with a pneumatic hand engraver. I say that because of the smooth cuts showing that there is no indication that it was done with hammer and chisel. Someone tell me if you are thinking the same as I do.
Sam Alfano has a DVD that will give good instructions. I think you could purchase it from this site. Also, I have been practicing hand engraved script without any assistance from a pneumatic hand piece, Just hand push, I have found that it is not that difficult.
I have a small plastic container about the size of a 50 cent piece. My wife gave it to me. I think she got it at the dollar store or Walmart. I fill it about half full with the wax. I thin the wax with lighter fluid and add some inletting black to make a dark black wax. That is the way I use...
Try a google image search for hand engraved borders. There are many ideas. There will be an option to view more similar. Click on it. You will get images that are engravings as well as line drawings.
I think it is fonts.com not all fonts. There is also 1001 free fonts and dafont.com. Also, try a google image search for script fonts. When you find one you like visit that page. some are just images of fonts while others will connect you to a font down load.
There are some sites that have fonts that are easily downloaded. I don't remember where I saw Palace script. I do remember it is out there for free on some sites but others are asking $35 for it. One place that has a lot of fonts is allfonts.com.
I use Pictorico OHP Transparency Film. I think I got it on Amazon. I also bought some film from Tom White. They look the same. My printer is an HP envy 5540. Ink is no. 62. Some times I get 3 to 4 transfers from a single printing. It is not a jet black transfer but easy to see and you...
I suggest you try a Prismacolor blending marker, 40% gray, in place of Tom's White's solution. I don't know if the liquid in the marker is the same stuff as Tom White's but it seems to work exactly in the same way. You can find the markers at most arts and crafts stores.