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    Question: Leica stands on a flat bench?

    A GRS acrobat stand is great. It bolts flush to the bench top. The microscope holder can be adjusted to various heights which helps quite a bit. I engrave incredibly small pieces of jewelry and large trophies and the height adjustment really helps. My vise is on a Steve Lindsay stand and that...
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    Quality of engraving on base of silver box?

    farmer 57 Thanks for the description of the enamel styles and procedures both today and from Thursday. When I started engraving there was an a shop that produced enamel work but it was no questions asked, no answers given kind of place. Your knowledge and explanation are incredibly...
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    Question: Rolex back engraving

    I've always engraved them with the back on, using a Lindsay airgraver. If the back is steel that's great; best steel back watch I've cut. Plus the back has no hallmarks, so it's easy to lay out the inscription. For fun, go over to youtube and watch Joanne Ryall cut a rolex back. Allan
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    Marius Mellebye - EngraverHand Designs and Artwork

    I never let an engraving job go to a jeweler to polish because of the polishing wheel. The problem with the wheel is that not only does the lighter surface engravings get wiped out but the wheel also takes the edge off, rounding the edges slightly and giving it a worn look. A piece of flat...
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    Marius Mellebye - EngraverHand Designs and Artwork

    Okay, now I have to admit it. I'm a big fan of your procreate drawings in addition to your metal engraving. The procreate dot brush just highlights the amount of understanding you have of light and shadows. The subtle transitions from deepest shadow to lighter areas are wonderful and even though...
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    Silver skull pendant

    I engrave a ton of inside rings and over the last 45 years I'm always amazed how the trends come and go. The last major one, which is starting to die out, are the geographical co-ordinates where a couple met, proposed, honeymooned, divorced . And since I get paid by the letter I'd like to keep...
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    Critique Request First scroll

    Not bad for a first scroll, but as Monk said get a book and lee Griffith is a great book for beginners. The thing is you could spend a lot of time thrashing around trying to get things to look right but its better to get the book and understand some fundamentals when your starting. The problem...
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    Marius Mellebye - EngraverHand Designs and Artwork

    You do incredible work, shows a lot of thought and an amazing amount of practice. I use carbalt tools for almost everything, but I'm wondering about the super sharp part. Is there something extra you do the increase the sharpness or is the tool just plain old very sharp?
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    Seeking an engraver

    I work for a very large jewelry store in the Mid-Atlantic states and deal with this pretty often. Like Monk said, this has been done with a diamond drag pantograph run by a computer. If the ring is silver, take it to the local jeweler and ask about taking the engraving off and polishing the...
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    Announcement: RIP Winston Churchill

    I've been engraving over 40 years but I don't do scroll engraving. But I've always marveled at his work and have heard many engravers online talk about his command of engraving. Sad to lose someone who became one of the foundations of the new engravers movement. Rest in Peace
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    Help, please: Trying to Find Traditional, Long Term Educational Opportunity

    John, you rock!!
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    Help, please: Trying to Find Traditional, Long Term Educational Opportunity

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    Help, please: Trying to Find Traditional, Long Term Educational Opportunity

    Zeno Have to agree with mtlctr. You are drawing too much, too fast with little grace or balance. Art was always my poorest subject but I learned discipline in drawing when I started to engrave. To begin drawing scrolls just start with getting the scrolls uniform. No leaves, just scrolls and not...
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    Graver drift problems

    Grains of variable hardness it could be. We think of metal as a uniform solid but it actually has a granular structure. A grain is a lattice of atoms. The grains align themselves into a larger crystalline structure. The grains are separated by a grain boundary which is like a wall between...
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    Help, please: Newbie engraver, onglette heel help

    Well for a start your tool looks like its flat on the end, the tool is not sharpened correctly. It may be that the end has broken off. Your tool should come to a point. If you cruise through youtube look for Sam Alfano videos about hand pushing. Try this one for a start. watch And there are a...
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    Graver drift problems

    Sam's right. If the tool is properly sharpened and you are on the line cutting it can't drift off. Just make sure your tool is properly sharpened. If you have a scope check the point. Even if you put the point into a fingernail and it catches check the point anyway. If there is a tiny...
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    How do I find an expert to study under?

    This is a short video from Sam Alfano on hand push engraving. He shows the least expensive way to start using no power assisted engraving machines. watch The first few minutes may be the most beneficial. The rest of the video is Sam making things look easy and its not. Youtube has a lot of...
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    Work-holding for bowls. Slippery fellas

    I do bowls and hollowware all the time. For an heirloom anything make sure the sketch is approved by the owner, even if its a transfer. And have them check the size of the engraving and placement. As far as holding it, the sandbag is a good idea. If you don't have a bag any thick towel will...
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    Is there a thing such as polished/glittery stippling?

    How about doing the opposite. Instead of a punch that creates a depressed dot, how about a beading tool to create a raised dot. I use this to redo milgrain on very thin rings using my Lindsay tool on low power. It should give you more of a uniform look to the dots.
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    Critique Request Fresh of the bench...tarot pendant

    To me the best part of the skull is the fact its facing upward and kind of smiling. Looking back at someone looking at it. Makes it more terrifying. Allan

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