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    Ron Smith's Advanced Drawing of Scrolls 3rd Edition Soon Available

    Van yout hard work on behalf of our guild is of the highest order. This latest effort of Ron’s great book is just another example. FEGA has been instrumental in reviving the art of engraving through the tireless work of all our officers and members over the years. glad a bunch of us threw $20...
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    Question: Trying to identify who might have engraved this revolver

    more than likely Claus Willeg
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    Banknote

    they said he made big money in his time... about an inch too big
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    Modeling clay

    No Allen. Just dust it with a brush and talcum powder. Instantly dry ……poof
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    Modeling clay

    Another way of doing this technique is to once you transferred the clay image to the metal, build a clay dam around the area. Now dilute the cold blue about 50-50. This slow down the coloring and makes sort of a dye out of it. Pour the solution into the dammed area and watch it carefully. As...
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    The Buffalo Bill Colt

    Pretty cool Mr. Mike. See you in Vegas?
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    Critique Request Realistic work, Bulino shading techniques

    “For hours I’m guessing…” yup. It takes time …and can get boring also. Goes with the territory
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    Critique Request Realistic work, Bulino shading techniques

    I use a 70 degree graver sharpened to a 45 face with no heel. Like Sam, I just poke and lift away from an angle as I go along I use a piece of brass to scrape off the small burrs
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    Inkjet printer for pigment black ink

    The Pictorico works great and I use an HP4512 ink jet just make sure you print in black ink only
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    Heel on flat graver

    I just put a little 20 degree bevel on the bottom.
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    GRS flat gravers

    The grave you ordered it’s not a Graver for a pneumatic hand piece it’ is a Graver for push hand piece send it back and order a new one
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    GRS flat gravers

    Sold by whom ?????? Was this bought online like on Ebay?? You can regrind the tang sq so it fits the collete that you use. Also don't fret over snapping off the front end to make it the rightsize for your hand. We do that all the time. One size does not fit all.
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    GRS flat gravers

    it does not look like the type that goes into a power hand piece. Rather a standard push graver type handle. The tang section should be either square or round to fit the collete
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    Announcement: RIP Winston Churchill

    Rest in peace The man also did amazing bronze scuptures
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    Protects engraving metal to avoid oxidized

    when I was doing printmaking in High School we used printing plates made from Zinc for our intaglio plates. This might be another option for you if you can find any. They engraved very easy almost like copper but had a silvery color to them Just a thought
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    Help, please: Newbie engraver, onglette heel help

    And they are super easy and fast to touch up. Never heard them called fish belly. Learn something every day
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    Madness

    and your point is??????
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    Help, please: Newbie engraver, onglette heel help

    The Lines we did cut were very light banknote style for deeper use a heel
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    Help, please: Newbie engraver, onglette heel help

    I have always found the onglette super easy to sharpen. Frank Hendricks showed Mike Dubber and myself how to do it years ago . Hard to describe how but just once watch it being done and it’s a no brainer by hand Dont over think it. Alain Lovenberg let Mike and I try one with no heel. Dang if...
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    Shading technique

    Depends on what i am shading and the size . Usually use a 105 or sometimes a 90. For scrolls usually a monarch hand piece. For scenes mostly push by hand no power

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