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  1. mitch

    Your PLEDGE MEMBERSHIP is much appreciated

    It's a buck a week, folks. Less than many of you are spending on ________.
  2. mitch

    Engraving The Most Automated Profession in U.S.

    Machines got nothin' on me knocking out 40 silver cups on a tight deadline!
  3. mitch

    Any mistake can be fixed

    "The boo boo it seems, at least to me, would be Ducks Unlimited on a rifle..." LOL. For those clear days when they're flying high and skybustin' with a 10ga just ain't enough!
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    Any mistake can be fixed

    wonderful strides are being made in laser welding technology!
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    Off topic pictures

    Not so far OT as you might think, Brant. A lot of us have engraved tropical fish, usually on knives.
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    $2.6 million Patek Phillippe

    now that you mention it, David, maybe the tape is just to keep the adjustable ocular from moving- still looked out of place in that hoity video, tho- lol. (on a curiously related note: i could never get the parfocality feature of my scopes to work unless i use TWO adjustable oculars. with the...
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    Help, please: Who engraved this model 71?

    the curiously random lack of shading on some of the leaves within the scrolls may be an important identifying factor. other than that, i got nothin. we'll all be waiting for Mr. Bleile's opinion...
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    $2.6 million Patek Phillippe

    https://www.wimp.com/building-a-watch-that-costs-2-6-million/ Of note, I was surprised to see some of the dial faces are pad printed (as opposed to engraved or etched) and at the 5:01 mark it shows an engraver using the same Leica microscope I have, but mine doesn't have the eye cup held on...
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    Queen Elizabeth currency time lapse

    https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/alexa-play-christmas-carols-21.gif
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    For those really BIG engraving projects

    yes, Roger, they're made for universal positioning of big, heavy parts like injection molds, engine blocks, etc. Wilton Power-Arms are similar, but I've never seen one anywhere near that big.
  11. mitch

    For those really BIG engraving projects

    if i'm not mistaken, that's a pretty good deal for one of those...
  12. mitch

    Some of yours, Sam?

    spotted in Hobby Lobby-
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    Laser "engraved" Beretta

    and the work is CR@P. for that kinda money couldn't they at least have good design & execution?
  14. mitch

    Fixturing trick

    for the record, that fully enclosed rest set-up only works well for items small enough to fit within the 'gap' between them. otherwise, they're kind of a PITA. that resulted in making a couple more plates that allow for longer objects. i've got a pile of prototypes. maybe i'll post some more...
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    Fixturing trick

  16. mitch

    Fixturing trick

    One of the main things you must learn as an engraver is to be creative in fixturing, all the more so if you work under a microscope. i've used dozens of different wood blocks, partially submerged parts in cerro-metal, made Bondo fixtures, screwed some parts to blocks, etc. They're all a little...
  17. mitch

    Fixturing trick

    i don't have a problem getting anything unstuck, but in this instance i needed to resort to more extreme measures to get that big steel cylinder hot enough for the glue to melt and stick in the first place.
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    Fixturing trick

    I would probably just use a smaller diameter cylinder, maybe 1.5"/4cm, and round off the end a bit so the spoon fits better without quite so much hot glue.
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    Fixturing trick

    It has threaded inserts for a custom-built set of hand rest plates. Should be four, but one came loose and I've never got around to gluing it back in. And as John recommended, dapping blocks will work, but can't be turned 360 degrees to position ANY spot on the object square/parallel to the...
  20. mitch

    Fixturing trick

    Once again, I made the mistake of saying, "Yeah, sure, I can do that for you..." (Will I EVER learn???) and needed to figure out how to hold a teaspoon to engrave the inner concave surface with some new baby data. Here's what I came up with. It's a 2.5"D cylinder of stainless steel with a big...

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