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    Help, please: Transfer wax alternative

    I am a jeweler so I can buy all I want everywhere I want. Only limit is my small budget :) I mostly buy from: www.BijouModerne.nl, Herens.nl https://shop.drijfhoutnl.com/ Bijou has the most GRS stuff since they are the official reseller in NL. Just tell them you are a student then you...
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    Depression/ cracks in ingot

    When you are annealing and it starts to sweat it means you are already starting to melt your metal. It is becoming almost to hot. Try to stay under the sweating temperature. You dont have to anneal if you have good metal and good technique. Next time before you start make an arrow with a...
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    Help, please: Transfer wax alternative

    Just buy it in an European Union country. Free transfer/movement of goods should mean the Italian customs won't look at packages between EU countries. In the Netherlands I can buy Sam transfer wax. And I assume other jewelry supply companies in other EU countries have it in stock aswell.
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    Upgrade my current hone or go for GRS?

    Buy a sheet of steel that you can place on top of the hone. Make it the size you need. Then your magnetic feet for the dual angle fixture will also stick. I also have the cheap diamond wheels, I got them from aliexpr. I dont use them often but they still look good. The finer ones tend to clog...
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    Progress Pic Mandarin Duck

    Is this all hand painted enamel? That is quite the size to enamel!
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    Help, please: Setting benches

    My bench is a pretty standard jewelers bench. I brought is here in the Netherlands. You can buy the jewelers bench that you want and modify it. That is what I did to safe on space and cost. The thing I added to the bench is the lighter colored wood. So the sides left and right, the back side...
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    Question: What 1911 to use as a canvas?

    Maybe you can try engraving a metal body Airsoft 1911.
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    Help, please: Looking for Guidance in New Jersey

    My suggestion would be to take the class at GRS first. If you dont like it (the engraving business) then you didn't spend money on tools. If you do like it the folks at GRS can tell you what you need. And you can buy from them directly.
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    Announcement: New PULSEGRAVER announcement

    Does the handpiece it self get hot?
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    Good Clearance for Super Deep Cuts - Graver Shaping

    You can grind a relief behind the face of the graver. So the heel wont hit the metal anymore.
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    Question: Engraveable watch dials

    For practice. Make your own dials or have them made. Laser or water cut from thin sheet. Or and buy a replica watch or dial. Or buy a real dial with out the watch. On ebay you can find loose dials for Rolex etc. I have no experience with engraving watchdials. But I think it is better to...
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    Graver sharpening system for stone setting

    If you have a microscope or good visiors you can resharpen by hand. I resharpen my gravers (for micropave setting) under my microscope. I use the GRS/Edenta wheels that go in your micromotor/flexshaft. They work fast and you get a high polish on all gravers, even sharpening carbide...
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    Anyone else adapting to tremors, or have tips for doing so?

    CBD oil might help. It doesn't contain THC. THC is what gives a high. CBD doesn't. I believe also some people with Parkinson use it to help reduce tremors.
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    Silentair 20A setup help

    Cap in first picture next to 110Volt is a basic filter. That is where the compressor sucks in the air. Dont get oil on that. The second cap on the oil fill tube. I would assume it should go back on the tube. When you turn on the compressor the oil will get warm and might get above the max...
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    Help with gravermax

    First start your compressor so it can get up to pressure. Then turn on the Gravermax. Check if the pressure is good on the Gravermax. If not turn knob. Maybe the pressure is to low. Or some thing has gotten loose inside. You can easily open it up and check if the hoses are connected inside. They...
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    Phosphor bronze Canada

    Just remembered OttoFrei sells also the phosphor bronze. Dont know it Otto ships to Canada. https://www.ottofrei.com/JURA-Practice-Plates
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    Help, please: Setting benches

    If you search this forum for setting bench you will get some more info. I modified my standard jewelers bench to become a setters bench. What type of engraving are you doing? Because if you engrave firearms or big objects you might be better off with a vise stand or drill press type thing...
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    Grs complicated

    Here is a list with GRS dealers outside the US. There are 2 dealers in the UK Betts Metal Sales Limited, Sutton Tool Showroom Address 49-63 Spencer Street...
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    Phosphor bronze Canada

    I find it engraves very nicely and also is very nice to practice stone setting. It has more strength compared to copper. When setting stones a copper bead breaks easily when making a mistake. The phosphor bronze can bend much more and you can bend it back and it wont break of like copper. If...
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    Question: How to blacken an engraved stainless steel engraving

    Might try to find some type of car-paint. That stuff will stick really well. It is very aggressive paint, it will melt through some plastics. Stainless steel is made not to oxidize easily, and the blueing is a type of oxidizing-process if I am not mistaken. I just read that Stainless can only...

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