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  1. mitch

    Laser welder under $4,000?

    looks interesting. @ $4K maybe even a few people who live/work near each other could share one...
  2. mitch

    Just bragging on my nephew...again.

    My brother's son, Nic, moved up from the junior ranks this year and beat two-time Olympian and four-time World Champion Vincent Hancock to win his first national title in international skeet. He was the Junior Nationals and Junior World Championship runner-up in 2018...
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    Any idea what happened to our photos?

    The old Cafe system stored our photos so that if we'd already uploaded & posted one in a previous thread, we could find & reuse it thru "Manage Attachments" in the Advanced(?) option for replies or new posts. Are they still in here somewhere or lost to the cyber-sands of time in a great data...
  4. mitch

    A couple free tips...

    1) Instead of Chinese white, etc., try a thin schmear of damar varnish. You can draw on it with an ordinary pencil pretty well and it doesn't flake as badly when applied over a very clean surface. 2) If you're trying to grip an odd-shaped/tapered/angled object in your vise jaws but it keeps...
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    interesting typography link

    i've done a lot of lettering and studied a fair amount of typography, but i only knew maybe a fourth of these terms: https://codepo8.github.io/typography-cheatsheet/
  6. mitch

    Spectacular Belt Buckles...

    ...in a most unusual place? I just finished reading "High Crimes", by Michael Kodas, which is about climbing Everest (and what a deadly, dangerous, crowded, corrupt, sh**showdumpsterfire that circus has become over the last 20 yrs or so!!!). In the photos there was a shot of Tibetan women...
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    Browning BL-92 in .44Mag Engravable?

    I didn't see any specific mention of Browning's lever actions in the archived list. thanks in advance!
  8. mitch

    1943 Copper penny...

    ...expected to fetch $1.7 million at auction. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/09/rare-coin-found-pocket-change-could-sell-six-figures/2530599002/ Ok, gang, anybody else thinking the same thing I am?
  9. mitch

    This happen to anybody else?

    Probably a couple times a month I'll get a call from somebody local inquiring about getting some item engraved. Typically these are/would be small inscriptions on some sort of personal item and if a little back & forth determines it can probably be engraved by traditional means we make...
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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
  12. mitch

    Some of yours, Sam?

    spotted in Hobby Lobby-
  13. 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...
  14. mitch

    Benelli Sport II engravability?

    https://www.benelliusa.com/sport-ii-shotguns has anybody tried cutting the frame of one of these? somebody has inquired about a commemorative inscription... thanks in advance.
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    close enough...

  16. mitch

    comparable to Starrett dividers?

    http://www.ottofrei.com/Divider-Made-in-USA-Tungsten-Carbide-Tipped-3-Inch-Round-Leg 3" (not the coveted 2") and not exactly cheap, but with carbide tips and they look very well made...
  17. mitch

    Monster Jun-Air compressor

    surely one of you guys needs this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jun-Air-almost-silent-air-compressor-58-dB/191857591755?hash=item2cab9a85cb%3Ag%3A0GcAAOSwubRXIUY5&_pgn=2&_sacat=0&_nkw=jun-air&_from=R40&rt=nc
  18. mitch

    "New GRS equipment for sale"

    for some reason this gentleman posted this somewhere other than the Classifieds, and I'm not exactly sure where it is, but here's the link: https://engraverscafe.com/threads/new-grs-equipment-for-sale.24407/ it shows in the "Latest posts", but not in the main forum or buy & sell? just thought...
  19. mitch

    Buff files?

    looks interesting...
  20. mitch

    "You have been awarded a trophy"?

    in my efforts to familiarize myself with the new format i've found if i click on the bell icon at the upper right for "Alerts", it drops down a list of things like who has "liked" any of my posts and also some "You have been awarded a trophy". any idea what those are? wut'd i win? is there an...
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