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    Airgraver / GRS / Enset for Jewellery?

    Tira runs a fine company and I've bought a few things from her. But I believe she only sells the enset engraver system so I doubt she would have an airgraver or GRS system available to try out. But like John B. said all three systems will cut fine. They may need a little getting used to in...
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    Critique Request First completed knife

    Well, showing you examples of jewelry I do is a tough one. Almost all the photos I have are of layouts of jewelry and hollowware sent for approval, very few of actual pieces. And since the photos were only to have customers check the spelling and placement, most of them are not exactly in focus...
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    Critique Request First completed knife

    I agree with Roger. The design is nice, especially the upsweep of the scroll starts at the halfway point of the major area of the knife handle. But the uneven border takes away from it. I don't do scroll work, just not good at it, and your engraving looks better than I could draw. But I do cut...
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    Silver?

    The stores I do a lot of work for offer only sterling silver. And any time I make charms its only from dead soft sterling silver. True silver I have never heard of before. I would avoid any charms already plated with rhodium. Sometimes cutting over rhodium plating leaves a slightly ragged edge...
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    trout flask

    I like it a lot. Its a really vivid engraving of a trout. I wouldn't mind owning that flask. Now for a bit of criticism. In the Meek engraving book he had a section where he pointed out that fine engraving is less fine if the anatomy of the animal is not well done. I think he had a drawing...
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    better transfer prints

    Lee - thanks for the inkscape recommendation. I'm definitely going to head over there and give it a try. Monk - Here's a piece I did a while ago trying out some of the bulino shading from the Chris DeCamillas video. It really an engraving sketch on silver, probably won't be sold or used. Its...
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    better transfer prints

    flint - okay, if I understand this right, I'm going to print out the image on the printer. Then take the printed page, put it on the scanner to make a copy of the printed image. The page for the copy will have the transparency film on it. I'll give it try. paps - I'm going to get into the...
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    better transfer prints

    flint - I'm not really sure what you're saying. Right now I print the image onto paper, then tape the transparency over the image and run it through the printer again. I think that was the instruction that came with my original bottle of White's transfer magic. If you're doing something...
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    better transfer prints

    For almost my whole engraving life everything I did was hand drawn. Mostly because I do lettering and its easier in most cases to hand draw letters to fit the area. But I'm now starting to do transfers of more creative pieces. Letters transfer fine. But I'm having trouble getting sharp...
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    first try

    flintdoubles, that's a great idea.
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    emiliano zapata

    I love the complete engraving on the gun and especially the stock. But what really grabs me is the intensity of the Zapata portrait. Its really well done.
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    Bulino craine and cattail

    The cattail is a better piece of engraving. But the most important part of that plate is the series of practice cuts on both sides. I do a very limited amount of bulino on gold and silver charms. But I practice a hell of a lot of cuts from the Chris DeCamillis bulino video. The Chris DeCamillis...
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    Lettering gravers - See what this guy used

    Love the P put inside the loop of the president's facsimile. And the hyphen between the day and year instead of a comma. That may have been a Lousiana thing back then. And before the internet and engraving forums we used to hear about engraving in other areas of the country from the traveling...
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    first try

    The first rule of engraving. Never be in a hurry to see what its going to look like at the end.
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    Good, Bad, and Worst

    Sometimes it takes a little bit of confidence to be doing what you should be doing. But saying you were able to build a business by cold calling basically everybody made me really envious. Could never do that. It really makes starting a new business easier; many people know you and know they...
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    first try

    I would highly recommend Chris DeCamillis video on bulino cutting. Its very good and will give you more of an idea of how to proceed with preparing tools and the cutting. I've learned a tremendous amount from this video. Available at https://www.engraver.com for about 40.00 And Fred Bowen is...
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    Good, Bad, and Worst

    I took a class with Sam Alfano at the GRS school a long time ago. It was a great experience, he's a great teacher. But I was transitioning from push gravers I used for 20 years to air powered tools and a microscope and the class was just right for that. A great introduction. You don't need a...
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    Good, Bad, and Worst

    I think its interesting that you have mostly lettering as your samples instead of scroll work. Are your letters hand drawn or computer generated? And now for an little criticism. The dog tag Boris looks good but the B over the edge is not. Try making the B smaller and the lower case letters a...
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    Transfer tip

    I've tried a few of the different rosins and this is the one I use. Its amazing how many different rosins are available. There may be a better one out there but the linked is the one I use. Yes you can make your own using alcohol and rosin. This isn't perfect but for me its perfect enough. One...
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    Transfer tip

    I order a few things from TW designs but I no longer order the transfer liquid for the same reason. Here's my fix. Go on amazon and order this : ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00. Crush it with a hammer, it crushes pretty easily and add it all to the transfer liquid. It might seem like a lot...

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