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    Kinda New Here

    well, your work doesn't show any difficulties resulting from your hand problem. all you show here is very, very nice. welcome to this mad house. tyvm for shaaring your work. your borders are great. i like the "soft" look to some of the pieces. yer shading is quite nice. not much else to say.
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    Critique Request Backbone

    as mr sw said, the flow is destroyed by the way you have drawn them
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    Critique Request Some letters drawn

    not bad, but the "a" is way too tall to my eye. a bit on the skinny side as well.
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    New guy microscope help?

    the graavermeister will serve you well for a long time. i wish automobiles were made like the standards of quality grs has maintained in its product line.
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    practice plate

    the inner and outer elements should "flow" gracefully out of the backbone. a few of yours come out at a too-steep angle. this will tend to disrupt the so called flow of your design. this is likely a drawing problem rather than any other. as jj mentioned, the backbone looks very good.
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    New guy microscope help?

    welcome to the forum. not sure about the extension tube, but the .5 objective will cut your power in half. the .5 also will double your working distance giving more clearance for your hand. you have many things to get a grasp on. chief among them is developing good drawing skills. tool...
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    Pancho Villa

    anyone have an idea as to who may have engraved this gun?
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    lettering practice

    i actually saw no prices. you may be right. i would get pricey as heck if i were to (if i could) do this kind of work.
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    Chisel Stainless holder

    for those using the round graver stock, it's important to grind a bit of a flat on the blank. this allows for accurate indexing in the sharpening rig. otherwise, it's a pita tryin to get repeatability when sharpening.
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    Fixturing tip

    for sure, they work nicely. i made a few on my wood lathe.
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    Chisel Stainless holder

    i'm not sure there is a"one size fits all" type answer. different engravers may have differing suggestions as what works best.check in the tips section on graver angles, sharpening, and h&c work.
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    Chisel Stainless holder

    welcome to the forum. i'd suggest contacting steve lindsay. he will give you all the info you seek.
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    lettering practice

    i'd think at the prices charged for the work, eh--i''m not willing to find out.
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    geometry

    okk, that my be the trick. i just always eyeballed mine. for me that worked. if my eye saw a bit of deviation, just a tiny touch would make things right. if you have a way that works, no need to change your mo.
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    slide

    a better closeup would be more reveaaling
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    Does any one use bent liners?

    grs sells cold rolled practice plates. a quicker, and way cheaper source would be your local scrapyard or machine shop. "drops" of a suitable size can be obtained there for free or almost free.
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    geometry

    microscopic ? at what level ? the most perfect geo one could achieve with the grs or lindsay systems would look like elephant poo if inspected at about 50 or 60 k x.
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    Does any one use bent liners?

    i have used them to a limited degree. curved liners , like many other tools, seem to be favored by some, and avoided by others. i never met an onglete that ever worked in my hand. as for push work, all your time with soft metals is rather unchallenging compared to gun work.after years of such...
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    lettering practice

    well, mitch i dunno. magic maybe? most would think it insane to even try this. yet the gentleman does such amazing work in this medium. his sculpture, even at this scale is simply incredible.
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    lettering practice

    anyone try this ? entire alphabet carved in .7, .5, and .3mm mechanical pencil lead.

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