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    I'm just a beginner....

    For the hard stainless I use HSS, still spend a lot of time sharpening, difference between HSS and Cobalt type hard gravers is that HSS gets dull versus the hard gravers fracturing, it actually reduces cutting time. Also have read that increasing the face angle helps as well as dubbing the...
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    Fun Project

    Yup, she does, carries it around empty everywhere she goes just to show it off.
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    A good enough microscope

    Found a used Olympus SZ40 on the ebay, thinking it was $400.00, boom stand another $100.00, Barlow lens another $75.00 homemade adapter to mate the scope to the stand, the optics are good, with sufficient ancillary lighting it sees better than I can cut, the focus stays sharp through the range...
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    Fun Project

    Filled with water, completely submerged so when the cap was secured a minimal amount of positive pressure was created.
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    Fun Project

    Thanks for the kind comments, the layout for the lettering on "Sweet" is a bit mis-aligned but I am happy with the overall look, there were three separate transfers on this project. Yeah Monk, she rides horses and used this flask for kool-aid of all things. Difficult to photograph a curved...
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    Fun Project

    Took about a year off of cutting due to familial obligations, this was a fun little project to reacquaint myself with the process, this is a 3.5oz 304 stainless flask, it was a cold start project (no warmups) Christmas present for the squeeze, finished up about midnight Christmas Eve/Day.
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    Banknote

    Hate to say it, but due to the captain obvious, if you're engraving and posting on a public forum you already have their attention, just saying. Enjoy
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    Question: Lets talk about hearing protection / noise cancelling headphones - What do you use?

    Yup, thirty years + in the trades using power tools in enclosed spaces, tinnitus is real, have to remind the squeeze that it's not selective. Movie or music for background noise. Those of you that don't have the curse, do everything in your power to protect what you have, it negatively affects...
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    On large hand size and graver selection

    I'm 8 1/4" from heel to tip of longest finger, have used GRS' Monarch, 901, Magnum and currently using Lindsay Palm Control, all were/are comfortable in use.
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    practice

    There are several very important suggestions in Allan's post above, they are in bold Italics, just trying to be helpful as this truly is a 10,000 hour apprenticeship requiring focused practice. Enjoy the process.
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    practice

    As was mentioned earlier, there are no absolutes in the art world, nothing is sacred as the beauty is always in the eye of the beholder. Contrary to popular wisdom, practice does not make perfect, practice just makes better, I am sure that if you ask any of those at the top end of this art...
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    First inlay attempt

    Way better than my first, I've not done and area yet, just borders.
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    First inlay attempt

    The basic answer is yes, you can "stack" inlays, starting with your hardest metals and adding progressively softer metals, it works. Had a lettering project once where I had lost my line and made an obvious over cut, I was way to far into the project and too short on time to start over, so to...
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    Engraving Argentium

    For me it engraves like sterling
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    Inlaying Green gold?

    I see, my google foo is lacking, that said the point was to inlay copper as a practice material, after that practice green gold should be a piece of cake.
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    Inlaying Green gold?

    Green gold is going to be harder than 24k gold and .999 fine silver, the green in the gold comes from alloying the gold with copper, practice inlaying with copper, that should answer your questions.
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    Your dream workbench

    From this To this Because of days like this
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    Graver compatability between Lindsay and GRS handpieces and sharpening systems

    Doubt it, I bought mine second hand many years ago as it was the best of both worlds, set up to do the initial Lindsay grinds (96* 116* 123* parallel heel) with interchangeable templates as well with degree graduations to cut most any configuration of oddball grind as needed. I still use my...
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    Question about McKenzie videos

    Interesting take on the Lynton McKenzie DVD's, I'll try them in my desk top computer tomorrow to see if the "missing episodes" become available, I just chalked it up to them being copied from vintage VHS tapes. Thanks
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    Graver compatability between Lindsay and GRS handpieces and sharpening systems

    Started out with all GRS in '06, transitioned to Lindsay over the last few years. GRS sold square blanks plus the QC series tool bits, the square bits that I have from GRS fit fine in the Lindsay sharpening templates, at this point I buy only Lindsay tool bits, that said he has the templates to...

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