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    Seeking photography advise

    Thanks Marty. I have a Samsung J3 instead of an iPhone so not sure about the camera quality. I wouldn’t say the distortion is bugging me so much as it is not helping me. I was trying to use the photo to mirror and study and it simply didn’t look right When I flipped it and I couldn’t figure...
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    Seeking photography advise

    Thanks, Sam’s. I think you both get at what i poorly described. to be sure I added an exaggerated depiction of what I am describing Below. The floorplate is curved so the image also curves. But each photo angle gives a different two dimensional image of the same three dimensional piece. So...
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    Seeking photography advise

    The compound curves of the buttplate I am working on is creating photography issues for me. I used Procreate to overlay two pictures focusing mostly on getting eyes and then nostrils aligned. Then I traced main features with green and red ink . As you can see from the two photo’s The eyes and...
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    Understood. You didn’t imply that it was your work but I didn’t want to assume that it wasn’t either. It is always difficult to tell from a photo but I think it was probably a very difficult piece to engrave and Mr French did a very good job.
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    Oops, just read my own post. The outside of the 45 degree copper elbow is the complex convex surface. The inside would be the concave. Or would the inside be convex/concave/complex since it curves in and around at the same time?///. Maybe we can just call it difficult...
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    Hi Cadows. I certainly would not want my post to dissuade anyone from joining this slightly crazy group of hand engravers. but am glad that you are taking note of some of what is involved. the key is to know your limitations and work to improve. If you have not yet started then you (like...
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    Hi Roger. Obviously a turntable with it’s associate vise will not solve the problems presented in engraving the bottom of the revolver frame. I hope that I didn’t imply that it would. For discussion though I think that an optivisor may work better than a scope given the significant changes in...
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    Hi Roger. Perhaps there are advantages to turntables. I mounted a Lindsey graver sharpener template on my vise for something irregular and then pretended I needed to engrave the Metal fixture. The vise is clearly off center to the turntable but as I rotate the table the center of the metal...
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    ahhhh, nope. The top half does not rotate. I checked the Lindsey site and indeed my vise is intended to work with a turntable. Then I see other vises that the top half rotates. Seems like kind of an integrated turntable.
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    how do you rotate the vise without a turntable? My vise sits in a donut which allows me to tilt my work which in turn sits on a turntable for rotation.
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Thanks Monk and Paps. Mdengraver, I am curious about others methods as well. Dan
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    Turntable use ... i dont get it :(

    When you say Sliding the jaws I picture moving the piece so that other features are brought into the field of view. But when you are cutting a scroll backbone I assume that you are in some way Rotating the vise, no?
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Took a few weeks off for some home remodeling but back at the scope now.
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Thanks for the cloud advice Sam. I think I can do that. I used to track my hours. Found out after the Win 94 that without a name this type of detail bulino is far from lucrative. I do it for my enjoyment. thanks Marty. Dan
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Marty, that is one of the many things I always admire about your work. You create art. Your western scenes are amazing. While I, if lucky, simply replicate photographic art. I hope younger more talented engravers than I study your work and learn to create their own pieces.
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Do you use the different geometries to achieve the different shades of grey or for a different reason?
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Thanks Marty. I have always used the Lindsay sharpening templates. Engraving is hard enough so I wanted to keep the sharpening aspect simple. I use 96, 110, and 116 degree with really small heel for lines for fur/hair. 96 for lighter hair and 110 for slightly darker and 116 for darkest...
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Thanks Dave and Marty. Marty, I almost exclusively hand push my bulino. Multiple handles just makes it easier/faster to switch between graver geometries.
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Thanks Sam. For some reason I decided to work on the eyes this morning.
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    Kudu bulino progress

    Thanks Cropduster. Monk, Interesting question. I was thinking I would just leave it clean metal But I guess I could consider something else. I would appreciate input. The second pic is a quick Procreate image with darkened background. Dan

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