Search results

  1. Big-Un

    INKS please

    I'm using the Epson 3760 series printer with ink tubs and have been pleased with it so far.
  2. Big-Un

    Printable practice designs

    I have a lot of books from Dover Publications and JJ is right, they have good transferable designs for practice.
  3. Big-Un

    RIP Gianfranco Pedersoli

    Prayers for his family during their time of grief.
  4. Big-Un

    Question: Website suggestions

    I use WIX for my site and it was set up by Derek Dugan but my hosting for my name is GoDaddy.
  5. Big-Un

    Limestone morning glory garland

    Most of the newer compressors are really junk, needing replacement after a few years. I sold my old one years ago and now am attending auctions for old machine shops and gas stations looking for a decent compressor to replace it. Dumb move on my part.
  6. Big-Un

    interesting movie

    In high school I was assigned to a sign painter through DCT (Diversified Cooperative Training) where I went to classes until noon and the worked with a company in the afternoon. I learned a lot from working with him and I guess he was pleased with me as it wasn't too long before I was working on...
  7. Big-Un

    Show and tell

    Those are almost the exact words told to me by Ken Hurst when I said I was so afraid of making a mistake on a piece. He then proceeded to grill me on my engraving technique. I certainly miss the old boy.
  8. Big-Un

    Show us your favourite chasing hammer

    Are these in your possession?
  9. Big-Un

    The Pencil Plane

    I always use a very sharp knife/blade with a gentle touch to keep the lead from breaking. I'm beginning to get away from mechanical lead holders.
  10. Big-Un

    Jerry Huddleston

    Oh man, that just sucks! Jerry was a very good man and, although I didn’t know him very well, the times I did have conversing with him were pleasant and informative. He will be sorely missed.
  11. Big-Un

    Ron Smith in Monteagle May 2

    Oh Man!!! The day before my SEVENTH knee surgery, and hopefully the last! Gonna miss this one real bad.
  12. Big-Un

    A few recent projects.

    You seemed to have nailed the LDN style!
  13. Big-Un

    New Graver Sharpener Ha! Ha!

    I've been using the Lansky sharpening for nigh on 30 years and haven't found anything much better, including the "belt" type systems. Once the blade is the correct angle and sharp, it doesn't take much to keep it sharp.
  14. Big-Un

    SS Victorinox Multitool

    Yip (for my Kiwi friend) and kinda makes you want to realign your brain cells, but not with anything illegal or weird, liquid or gaseous!
  15. Big-Un

    SS Victorinox Multitool

    I accepted a Victorinox Multitool to engrave a gentleman's name and a few "curly-ques" for a good pastor friend and have been regretting it ever since. Little did I know how HARD the metal is! Not only is it hard, it has soft/hard spots throughout the piece. It will cut beautifully for about...
  16. Big-Un

    Cleaning up metal chips on floor

    I I tried using my bare feet but I have neurotrophy and can't feel anything anyway and my wife keeps getting on my case about it...she hates pulling the shards from my feet!
  17. Big-Un

    Graver sharpening question

    We had two dogs in our earlier days, a purebred Black Lab and a Cocker Spaniel mixed breed (dog pound special) and when they both died within 6 months of each other and the kids left home, we decided to take a break from caring for another one (or two!) for a while. Of course we miss the...
  18. Big-Un

    new wildlife thread

    My paternal grandmother in rural Mississippi always said there are seven different tastes in a turtle, and I truly believe it! I remember my grandfather watching me dress a soft shell turtle for an hour, then showed me how to dress one properly in five minutes. That old man was an encyclopedia...
  19. Big-Un

    Announcement: John Rohner

    John sent me a hammer head to engrave and stated "don't do like everyone else and take too long to engrave it" which, of course, I'm still in the process of doing. I won't go into detail but it is still "on the block." I met him at the Colt Collector's Show in Charlotte, NC, quite a few years...
  20. Big-Un

    Nature doesn't hurry yet everything is accomplished

    Almost like the old "Hartford elk" logo.

Latest posts

Sponsors

Engraving-Videos.com
Top