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    Question: (SOLVED) C-Max & Glensteel for the QC holder?

    The issue relates to fitting gravers into handles and sharpening. Previously, gravers were generously oversize in length, and the part that goes into the handle, the tang, might have been tapered, or not, or tapered to the center of a graver or tapered to the top of the graver, etc. Lots of...
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    I'm just a beginner....

    T.G.III called it correctly; a steeper face angle, 50 or even 55 degrees will hold up better, and dubbing the point of the graver will help. Plenty of threads describe techniques for dubbing the point. Unless you've eliminated the vast majority of the ability for the work piece to vibrate, it's...
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    Question: What is the purpose of polishing a graver?

    In the jewelry trade, a lot of folks want things shiny. The more highly-polished the face and heel of the graver, the more reflective are the graver cuts. This is virtually a sacrament when it comes to using a graver for stone-setting, e.g. bead and bright-cut and pave. If you are going to...
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    West Coast Engraving Classes

    Hello Folks, The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in Carlsbad, CA is offering one-week beginning engraving classes in March and September - "Hand Engraving Fundamentals" March 18-22 and September 23-27 We start with the most important thing, ergonomics, and how to set up with your...
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    Can I buy blank GRS gravers, put them in a Lindsey sharpening template and shape them myself?

    More of a challenge to use a round graver blank in the Lindsay system. It doesn't not work the first time, but resharpening is a challenge since indexing the round in the exact same position is not easy. Some will grind a flat on the round first so an Allen screw can snug up the blank in the...
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    Greetings from sawdust land

    Get a coalescing oil filter; very effective and affordable.
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    Cheat Sheet for Checking Heel Length

    A quick "hack"; a sheet of plain copy/printer paper is essentially 0.1 mm. A 1/4 mm heel would be about the thickness of 2-3 sheets of paper. Sometimes this is fairly easy to imagine. 10 sheets of paper are very close to 1.0 mm. Best regards, Doug
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    The Buffalo Bill Colt

    Absolutely top-drawer work!
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    Engraving ivory

    Don't have it in front of me right now, but the book "Engraving on Precious Metals" by Britten, Hall and a third name I can't dredge up at the moment, does have a chapter or part of a chapter about engraving ivory. It's been many years since I read that part of the book, but in my recollection...
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    Tailpiece embellishment

    Boy, this is a master class in design and execution. Brilliant!
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    Announcement: West Coast location to learn engraving

    Yes, that's correct. Unfortunately the September class was removed from the schedule late last week. I was given an out of town assignment during that time frame and there was no other option. I'll give an update about the class schedule as soon as it's available. So sorry for the...
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    Announcement: RIP Winston Churchill

    A giant has passed. Godspeed.
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    Announcement: West Coast location to learn engraving

    Hi All, This was answered in a separate message, but for the rest who might be interested, the August class is 10 days, from Aug. 14-25, and it is from 4:00pm-7:30pm each day. Guess there's a little glitch in the web site, but once you enroll in the class (and no, you don't need to be a GIA...
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    Announcement: West Coast engraving classes

    Hello Folks, The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is offering a beginner's one-week "Hand Engraving Fundamentals" class. Two sessions upcoming - July 10-14 and Sept. 11-15. For more info, www.gia.edu , click on the "Alumni" tab, click on "Continuing Education and scroll down to find the...
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    Announcement: West Coast location to learn engraving

    Oops! My mistake, you are absolutely correct. Just checked the site and it is Feb. 13-17. So glad you caught my error. Thanks, Doug
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    Announcement: West Coast location to learn engraving

    Looking forward to seeing you there/then! Had a great group of folks in the class held the week after Thanksgiving. Lots of learning, cutting and chips on the floor. Always a good sign. @Lownherz_Leather mentioned the next class is in February. It'll be Feb. 6-10, if interested. Thanks, Doug
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    Announcement: West Coast location to learn engraving

    Hello Folks, I wanted to get the word out about a Southern California venue for beginners to learn hand engraving. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is offering a one-week "Hand Engraving Fundamentals" class. The next class is Nov. 28 - Dec. 2. There's a 3-day follow-up class...
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    Dulling Glaring Distracting Reflective Surfaces when Photographing

    So many options for this... you can also tape a white tissue or paper towel over the light source to act as a diffuser and reduce glare and hot spots from reflective surfaces.
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    Dealing with wrist pain

    Another Brian Marshall tip. He would apply 3M self-adhesive non-skid material to any grip surfaces on his vises.
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    Announcement: It isn’t much but my first commissioned piece

    Congratulations! Gotta love your positive attitude. With that, and practice, technique will come. Best regards, Doug

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