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  1. mitch

    Colt SAA cased

    In the TV show "Mad Men", the main character is Don Draper, the creative director for a Madison Ave advertising firm, circa 1960. Then-wife & I were watching one evening and Draper is just lying on the couch is his office, staring at the ceiling. I observed that a lot of valuable work gets...
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    Colt SAA cased

    as someone with somewhat of an engineering background, the technical aspects of the design & construction make it that much more special than if it were just beautifully carved out of eight joined sections of solid wood. really outstanding, sir! I love that process of staring blankly into...
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    Colt SAA cased

    Spectacular, Damien. And I don't see where there would be any advantage to using CNC on something with that many complex curves, especially if you were only going to make one. It would take longer to draw in a CAD program than to shape by hand, and you'd still end up having to do a ton of...
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    What are these engraved letters?

    "FFH" definitely.
  5. mitch

    Help, please: HEEL DRAG PLEASEEEEE HELP

    1/4mm is still almost 0.010", which sounds tiny, but by graver heel standards is still pretty big. mine are probably half that long and for tight work such as lettering, even shorter. you also need to lean the graver to the outside of a curve- the exact, and somewhat counterintuitive, opposite...
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    Stipple shaddinf

    that's a puzzler. you could use a brass/copper polish, but that would probably remove whatever oxidation you just put in the cuts to darken them. maybe some fine, 800 grit or higher, compound on a toothbrush?
  7. mitch

    Help with gravermax

    the curious part is that it WILL come back on, if only for a moment, when you plug it back in, so it's not a fuse or breaker. if it was a car your mechanic would just plug in the OBDII and say, "Well, there's yer problem, right there. Your blinker fluid is low and that's causing static to build...
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    Critique Request Elephant(progress)

    if you're going to cut any outlines, they should be very fine and only used where you'll be shading to black on one side. outlines can be useful for sharply defining edges, but they shouldn't stand out. deepen the shadows around the tusks, trunk, etc., and the lines will disappear.
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    Help with gravermax

    Define "cuts off", please. Does the motor, or whole machine, shut off? Or can you hear it running, but the pulsed airflow quits and the handpiece won't work? I assume by "unplug then replug" you mean the electrical plug in the wall outlet?
  10. mitch

    Limestone morning glory garland

    I gotta ask: What's with the newspaper hat? Is that a tradition in your craft?
  11. mitch

    SCI 2022 Auction Rifle

    They're also known as "timed" or "indexed" screws and their orientation is sometimes described as "north-south" with slots running parallel to the bore, but I've never heard "east-west" used for vertical alignment like Mike shows in his photo. When you think about it, "north-south" is a little...
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    Need a custom carved moonstone

    Yes, that's him, thanks J.J. Am I thinking of the right guy doing the cameos?
  13. mitch

    Need a custom carved moonstone

    There is/was a gentleman who posted photos of some very nice hand-carved cameos here on the Cafe a few years ago. Anybody else remember? Was it the dentist, whose name escapes me at the moment? and it seems your pics didn't get posted...
  14. mitch

    ? Drop shadows

    you're most welcome.
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    ? Drop shadows

    I just use however many parallel lines as it takes, unless it's a really big shadow, then I'll treat it like a lightly relieved and matted background.
  16. mitch

    satellite turntable gas spring + picture of a knife.

    I don't know the specs on that particular unit, BUT I do know something about gas springs. Unless you're planning on putting more than 50 lbs or so on the platform, vise plus work object, there's really no point to installing a heavier duty gas spring. The spring is the main weight support...
  17. mitch

    interesting movie

    i'm glad to see this thread resurrected. a couple years ago i even paid to stream it and really enjoyed the extras, too.
  18. mitch

    Second knife

    Maybe try tapering your shade lines more so they get thicker/wider/heavier where they converge, to create a more solid black shadow. I believe that's explained pretty well in Sam's shading video, if you have that. Otherwise it's very good!
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    Announcement: Full time hand engraver wanted

    I'm glad there's a nickel silver lining to flyfishing becoming so popular that I gave it up over 20 years ago. If I wanted to stand in a crowd of rude people I could go to the mall or the movies...
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    Announcement: Full time hand engraver wanted

    Interesting. Is Mr. Oyster retiring or just has more work than he can handle?

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