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  1. mitch

    Wire drawing cheat sheet

    I ran across that chart while collecting the surprisingly large array of tools needed to draw wire and in the process of performing that task a couple things occurred to me: 1) It may well be THE engraving-related chore I hate the most; 2) I could do a fairly extensive instructional video on...
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    Critique Request Tiffany money clip

    Hi Matthew- I've been following this thread and the only suggestion I'd make is either keep all the leaves inside the scroll or have one or two more spill over into the next. You've got just one leaf doing that in/over the first scroll (ok, kinda two if you count the leaf structure where the...
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    Wire drawing cheat sheet

    i was so meticulous in my younger days. sigh...
  4. mitch

    Screw head timing

    i vote for inline with the grips since the fore & aft edges appear to be parallel. if they weren't you might need to consider other options, but as it is that would look best.
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    Carving grapevine on a limestone cross

    Would you mind posting a brief tutorial on designing & machining a custom depth gauge? It looks pretty complicated, and I'm guessing you probably have to set the probe protrusion with an app on your smartphone? I'm thinking of making one for myself, but wanted to be sure I've got all the...
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    for your entertainment ;)

    dang, there really IS an app for everything these days! personally, i wouldn't waste something like that on predicting Cafe posts.
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    Question: Oil filter for air compressor

    all the major pneumatic component manufacturers make "oil coalescing filters" for this. i think mine was made by Bimba and cost about $50. put it last in line before your Gravermax so it's only wringing the last bit of oil out of the air, not any water or other crud.
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    Question: I want to cut deeper

    yeah, but as Andrew spelled out a few years ago, merely having a more powerful handpiece is only part of the equation. the two main factors being how rock solid you can hold the workpiece and graver geometry & durability. bottom line, being able to actually apply that much horsepower in very...
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    Rashid El Hadi

    Thanks for letting us know, Roger. I met Rash at Westley Richards in Birmingham, maybe 20 yrs or so ago. It seems he was only about my age, maybe not even that. Any details on his passing?
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    Ron Smith Article 2005

    it's not for die casting, it's for die striking, like for minting coins. and yes, Amayak built that and had to reinforce the floor of his garage to take the pounding. he told me about it at the Blade Show some years back.
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    Dividers and Calipers

    yep, and i have 4, count 'em, four, pairs. just wanted to brag...
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    Dividers and Calipers

    cheap, too. my guiding principle in many aspects of life is 'crude, but effective'.
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    communication

    i just checked and it's changed slightly with the recent system upgrade. now it works like Chujybear said.
  14. mitch

    Dividers and Calipers

    i use a very small pair of draftsman calipers with the replaceable points. then i crank the arms completely closed, hard against each other and adjust the 'gap' by moving the points in or out. by slightly tightening the point clamp knobs- so they can move, but not too easily- you can push them...
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    Shortening gravers

    "In any case wear some eye protection.. bits can fly. ." a few years ago Chris DeCamillis posted a photo of his shop window with a huge spiderweb crack from snapping off a graver. it looked like it had been shot.
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    Who engraved this?

    Like many of us, I could go on and on about shop classes and the state of education in general, but I do have one story actually related to engraving. In 7th grade I had a shop class that was divided into three separate segments- -small engines (still comes in handy to occasionally work on my...
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    Woodchuck/Muskrat? Drawing Progress

    I'm sure it's a groundhog/marmot of some subspecies, and the little guy or gal just crawled out on a limb for some juicy forage. They're very good climbers* and probably just wanted a change from the grass on dry land. *Here's one my Jack Russell, Bentley, treed years ago.
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    Does anyone remember Sid Bell?

    I don't know why he made them, but I'm sure they have something to do with long-range target shooting. It was a popular game back in the 1980s, with steel silhouettes in the shape of chickens, pigs, turkeys, & rams, at increasingly far distances. Those pins were probably prizes or maybe some...
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    Woodchuck/Muskrat? Drawing Progress

    i've seen woodchucks & rockchucks, but never a swampchuck.
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    Who engraved this?

    yeah, John, me too. I learned it in a shop class in 7th grade, maybe reducing a wood carving design or leather pattern? in fact, i kinda remember my older brother learning it in a shop class and showing me- so i probably picked it up in elementary school. that was almost 50 yrs ago and i'm...

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