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  1. mitch

    Announcement: How to Build Your Own "Plug & Play" Power Hone for Under $350

    If anyone is not familiar with Ron's engraving & scrimshaw you should click on his link (RLMagic.com). He does some spectacular work! WARNING: MOST OF HIS PIECES ARE (EXQUISITE) NUDES. If you find this sort of thing offensive, you should probably pass.
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    Who engraved this?

    i'm just bumping this in case somebody hasn't seen it and has something to add..
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    Microscope

    never had one, never wished i did. ymmv.
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    What Makes Us Human?

    engravers? or just people in general?
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    1921 engraver's signature?

    Paging Mr. Bleile, Mr. Roger Bleile, please call your service...
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    Who engraved this?

    I'd agree it's not actually Lynton's, but it's one of the better impressions I've seen over the years. Any more info on the provenance? I suppose a signature search came up empty? I wonder what's up with the cat? It kinda looks like an inlay was abandoned...
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    Stippling a GRS handpiece

    those knobs are aluminum and anodizing can be done in almost any color imaginable.
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    Stippling a GRS handpiece

    i'm all for modifying tools to suit the user. my Monarch handpiece has a swivel air fitting so the tubing is free to turn without twisting. One thing I've wanted GRS to do for years is color-code their handpieces. I have a Monarch, a Magnum, and a 901, and they're all anodized a light bluish...
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    Today's Wildlife Shots

    There are a %$#&load of bears in the Asheville area and my house is right on the boundary between two neighborhoods with a busy-ish street behind me. Mine is the only unfenced backyard on the block and it's right by the access into the other neighborhood, so over the years the wildlife- bears...
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    What to charge??

    as the world famous oil well firefighter, Red Adair, said when asked about his fees: "I like my customers to be happy, not ecstatic."
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    Plating?

    hold their family hostage until the job is finished to your satisfaction. there is no such thing as being TOO proactive.
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    Gravers/Graver Sharpening Questions

    "I was recommended an Onglette graver from GRS, and have no idea what to do with it." really? unless you need to undercut some fine inlay cavities or some other specialized task involving deep fine lines or narrow sculpting details, i'd chuck it in the back of the drawer and forget about it...
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    Pets in the shop

    i haven't had a dog for over a year and i still catch myself checking that. probably will for the rest of my life. on a related note, Bailey, my first Jack Russell Terrier (of an eventual pack of six) had a habit of jumping into my lap WHILE I WAS ENGRAVING. that'll teach you to expect the...
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    Pets in the shop

    This is Jillian. She's been gone a couple years, but her & her sisters' spirits are still strong.
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    Plating?

    As John said, beware of plating companies that will buff the ever-loving-%#@& out of your piece. In fact, even if you are excruciatingly specific about that, you still may need to stand guard with a loaded shotgun while they do it. I've heard, and seen, the horror stories of platers who...
  16. mitch

    Beginner Setup Questions

    Shane- For your situation I would strongly recommend starting out with just a couple hand burins -"push gravers"- and not worry about H&C for awhile. Get a good small ball vise, a basic sharpening set up, some copper plates, and have fun getting the hang of cutting short, relatively shallow...
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    Inverting text

    since i use it so seldom, rather than buying a 100 sheet pack for like $40(?), i just buy 10 blank 'copies' from Office Depot for $2 ea. yeah, it's much more expensive per sheet, but i save $20 and get about a 5 yr supply. btw- i just use the plain laser transparency stuff for reversing...
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    Inverting text

    You're welcome, Leland, glad to be of assistance. I still use the transparency trick for some things, it depends. Since that stuff is expensive ($2/sheet?), I reuse it as much as possible by positioning whatever needs printed/copied next in a blank space of the transparency and running it thru...
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    Inverting text

    on an iMac opening pretty much any image file brings up a Tools option in the top row of pull-down menus. Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical will do what you want. the slightly more low-tech method is copying/printing on a transparency, then copying that thru the back side.
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    Question: Quotable

    this has been taped to the edge of my bench, right in front of my vise, for at least 30 years...

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