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  1. FANCYGUN

    Question: 901 air tac handpiece modification

    I remember DJ showing us the little graver cut to improve performance. Never did it though and dont ask why Musta forgot to. Anywhoooo.. I am set up a bit different and they said said I would loose performance by installing a 6 foot hose on my handpieces so I can use them on two different...
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    Ruger SR1911

    So basically it sounds like the surface treatment work hardened the metal top layer Interesting Thanks
  3. FANCYGUN

    Newbie intro

    HEYYYYyyyyyyy Not a bad start at all Keep on going
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    Ruger SR1911

    Nicely cut and shaded How hard was the slide on that ruger
  5. FANCYGUN

    Newb giving engraving a shot

    Shades of the past.my first home made gravers were ground down chain saw files
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    Critique Request keytag design to silver pendant

    YUP What Goldjockey said
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    bulino

    At the risk of being offensive but still constructive. You are bouncing around all over the place in your attempt and enthusiasm to learn to engrave. At this rate you with luck will become a jack of all trades but and master of none. Slow down and concentrate on one thing at a time such as...
  8. FANCYGUN

    working while staying at home

    Leland Here is a picture of my push gravers. They are made sometimes out of a reground flat graver or sq glensteel The handles are the GRS rubber one which I do like the feel and the others long one is for poking dots with a 70 degree graver and no heel I am also using the GRS airTact with a...
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    working while staying at home

    I hold my gravers like this usually be it power or push
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    working while staying at home

    Thanks Monica I,m not finished with the last scene and need a bit of a change so i can look at it with a refreshed point of view. AKA..burnt out So I decided to start the scroll work on the frame Working larger will losen me up a bit so i can be more objective finishing the scene when i return...
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    working while staying at home

    I either try and follow a contour of the figure or whatever seems right at the moment sometimes mixing it up creates a nice texture. Hope that makes sense. Like I've said many times, I am just drawing with my graver. Just go with the flow and have fun whats the worse that can happen? You...
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    working while staying at home

    Will start looking through my photo albums for some pictures. Thanks While doing my daily walk just before I was contemplating should I add a bear of something else. AHH don't know BUT before that I need to settle on what I am going to engrave on a 45-70 High Wall I keep going back and...
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    Help, please: engraving copper

    Sounds to me as if the copper is work hardened and needs to be annealed When I was doing printmaking in college on copper plates they where real easy to cut even with a scribe for dry point etching
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    working while staying at home

    So if you have a can of beer in each room of your house...you can go bar hopping while home in the evening
  15. FANCYGUN

    working while staying at home

    Slowly gaining on it
  16. FANCYGUN

    working while staying at home

    That fine delicate scroll is just what that knife needed. Bronchitis is not what you need and scary these days Glad you are coming out of it
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    working while staying at home

    Dave Once you blacken the engraving in when you are done it wil look pretty sharp Nice small 357 Dan fine lines in shading will always get lost when you blue a gun If that worries you , try a french grey and blacken it in While I am engraving I periodically rub in some sharpie ink to...
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    working while staying at home

    Dan for the knife I like the first one better although they both would work out great
  19. FANCYGUN

    working while staying at home

    Big-UN I was thinking of doing a northeast game gun like what yo just said not sure of animals yet but thinking of white tail and moose with maple/oak leaves and may alders for the moose but thats for next year Like to see pictures of that chuck wagon you did
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    working while staying at home

    Yup. You are right Sam. That area is a bi**t to engrave. But you are handling it with your usual panash

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