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  1. mitch

    Announcement: Book: Good news, bad news

    so you're not just the Bergling of our time, but the Garth Brooks of the engraving world!
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    Robert E. Maki, hammer & chisel engraver

    i'd recommend using a vise like this- it will keep whatever you're working on over the middle of the ball: http://www.grizzly.com/products/Precision-Self-Centering-Vise/H7576 they have several models on that site.
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    Question: Cleaning/ Finishing up engraved items.

    This should answer all your questions. (Sorry. On a more serious note, it depends on your technique -is it leaving burrs?- and how highly polished the finished piece needs to be. Also, in your example of a cuff bracelet, at some point in the process it needs formed from a flat piece into its...
  4. mitch

    Blackening engravings

    here's an example. i was lazy and didn't bother cleaning the soot out of the cocking serrations.
  5. mitch

    gold from Eric Gold, you can buy !

    i saw this gun when i was visiting Holland's shop in '99? pretty cool. enlarge the photos so you can see all the tiny gold inlays where the tigers' bodies fade out under the scroll.
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    Blackening engravings

    for a quickie blackening job, for photos or cellphone shot for client, i smoke the engraving with a candle flame, then wipe the surface clean with several layers of newsprint. (kind of like combining the techniques for a smoke print and a charcoal impression). it leaves the cuts dead flat...
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    Coming soon!

    you're the Bergling of our time!
  8. mitch

    Appleby's Phoenix Gun

    i speed-flipped the catalogue. the pair of 20 bore O/U barreled actions would be a fun project.
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    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...
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    Jun-Air Compressor

    only a few yrs old and $600? i'd snap it up in a heartbeat.
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    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
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    Scroll drawing and engraving class

    LOVE the hyper-realistic pencil in the first one!
  13. 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...
  14. mitch

    A bit of scroll design in the airport

    wow, that's a dense design... working out a little frustration, Sam? like a delayed flight?
  15. mitch

    Buff files?

    looks interesting...
  16. mitch

    Carving stylized foliage in limestone

    Very cool, Walter! Could you tell us more about the time-lapse camera? I've never worked on anything large enough that I could leave my other tools laying on the article being engraving...
  17. mitch

    Some might remember the design I did for a titanium buckle.

  18. mitch

    Drawing App Da Vinci Eye

    link?
  19. mitch

    GRS Satellite Turntable Package

    no, Mark, the air would be flowing down thru the donut vise base, probably with a felt strip 'skirt' to keep chips out from under it. at worst, it would blow some chips into your lap. envision an AirHockey table with the pressurized air blowing out of the puck, not the whole table. i've...
  20. mitch

    Question: NGraver contact email

    i bought some liners from them a few months ago and, iirc, only dealt with the company by phone.

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