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    TRANSFERS

    Check the archive for transfers using baking parchment paper. There are good explanations using that technique. It will transfer 100% of the toner on the metal. After transferring using that method always remember to heat the metal to fix the image so it will not smear. I use a heat gun. My...
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    Pulsgraver

    I would like to see people's opinion of the Pulsegraver. I see that there are two for sale in the classifieds.
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    Question: (SOLVED) C-Max & Glensteel for the QC holder?

    All my gravers are round or square, Glen steel or Cmax. Before I sharpen them, I grind a flat spot on the shank for the set screw. When I resharpen, they will always be in the correct orientation for the face and heel. I like mostly round ones because grinding the flat spot for the set screw...
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    Revolver cylinder holder help

    I have two brass cones with holes drilled through them. A rod is put through the cylinder with the cones put up against the cylinder to hold it. Two pieces of steel bent at 90 degrees with fitted with vice pins and holes drilled for the rod to go through are put in the vice. The brass cones...
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    Source for practice plates

    http://www.sendcutsend.com/ I checked this out. It looks like a good place to get material if you are looking for material that is be used for a display. Some engravers like to put together a set of plates to show the level of skill they have. As I mentioned above, if it is just for...
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    Source for practice plates

    I get my practice plates at tractor Supply or hardware stores. I buy the 2 or 3 inch wide stuff. I sand it on my belt sander up to 240 grit then finish with 320 by hand. Then I cut the length I need on my band saw.
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    Inlaying Green gold?

    Cadmium can be added to gold to make it have a green color. Cadmium is very toxic. Always know what you are working with.
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    Smith Wesson 39-2 slide

    Most S&W are engravable. I have seen the one you're talking about engraved but can't answer because I've never don one. On any gun always find a spot that will not show to do a test cut. Under the grips is a good place because that is part of the frame.
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    Question: How to prevent copper plate from oxidizing?

    Try to find the hardest and sticky wax you can find. Then cut it with liter fluid. Renaissance wax leaves a hard surface and is difficult to spread. That is why I cut it with lighter fluid to apply to a surface. You just need to experiment to see what you get. Much of what I have suggested...
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    Question: How to prevent copper plate from oxidizing?

    The parchment paper is used for baking cookies and bread. The silicon gives it a nonstick surface. It is placed under the cookies before putting them in the oven. After baking the cookies slide off cleanly. You can find it in food stores that sell supplies for baking. It comes two ways, in...
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    Question: Graverhone/gravermax shaping/polishing

    I suggest using steel gravers. They will take a high polish and give good results. Cmax gravers are easily chipped along the edge and point. Steel gravers should cut the gold easily. Cmax are made by compressed carbide dust in a wax like cobalt material. I think that is the way they are...
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    Question: How to prevent copper plate from oxidizing?

    I recommend using a laser printer and print on baking parchment paper. If the varnish is tacky but not too thick it should transfer by burnishing over the design. You will get 100% of the toner on the copper. Since the toner is fixed on the paper by heat in the printer, I use a heat gun to...
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    What is a good printer setup for doing transfers on to metal?

    I think that the HP printers that use 61, 62, 63 inks are no longer being produced. You can still buy the inks for the ones that are still in use. I just bought an HP desk jet 2755e for $50 from Amazon. It is also being replaced with a newer model. That is why it was inexpensive. It did...
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    Printer with or without scanner bed?

    Ink jet on transparencies helps with positioning.
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    Printer with or without scanner bed?

    Yes, get one with a scanner. I use the scanner often. I scan pencil drawings into my Adobe Illustrator and work with it to vector may drawing. This is how I do it. I take a smoke pull or pencil rub to get the outline of the part to be engraved. I Scan it into my computer. Then put a layer...
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    Can I buy blank GRS gravers, put them in a Lindsey sharpening template and shape them myself?

    Before I sharpen any round graver, I grind a flat area on the shank. The set screw is put down on the flat area to keep the graver firmly in place. That keeps in the right orientation for the nest needed sharpening.
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    Question: Design translation.

    Always remember to heat any toner transfer so that it will not smear easily. Heat sets it on the paper heat will set it on metal. I use a heat gun.
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    ngraver scrollmaster kit

    I bought them and I don't like them. Perhaps that is because I tried to use them one time and didn't like the results. The scrolls don't seem to follow the golden mean. My suggestion is to study drawings and practice. When I draw a backbone, it takes me many corrections before I get it the...
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    New Epson Eco Tank for transpaency transfers?

    Look through the pages of the archives. I found it on page 2.
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    New Epson Eco Tank for transpaency transfers?

    The 5 best pigment ink printers for 2023 https://www.electronicshub.org/previews/scanner-and-printer/

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