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  1. J

    Mobile Engraving Studio

    Nice looking rig. well done. Hope you enjoy it for a lot of years.
  2. J

    Critique Request Drawing for practice plate

    Much better. BUT.......next time make the background lining in the exterior and interior panels line up. Easy to criticize....... the inside top and side panels don't align. And missing lines in the final two upper panels and one outside leaf curl on the right. The devil is in the details...
  3. J

    Kay Lane Obituary

    Thanks for the notice and sad news Scot. Take care, stay well.
  4. J

    ball vice

    I see some very nice metal work in your latest post. And pleased to see that. And the pencil, ruler, dividers and paper. Most of the tools you need to develop your engraving skill. But sharpen that pencil point so that you can draw very light lines. Hint! Lightly drawn lines are much easier to...
  5. J

    ball vice

    See tortlieb, you are already getting feedback and advice from one of America's prime engravers. Keep drawing. designing and posting on the Cafe and you will get the encouragement and help you need. A big Thank you to T.O. Sam ! aka The Other Sam.
  6. J

    ball vice

    Thank you tortlieb. Keep your pencil and gravers sharp, and the chips flying.
  7. J

    ball vice

    Thank you for posting some pictures of your engraving work on the Cafe. Looks like you are making some good progress. Some very detailed and thoughtful borders and with nice cutting. And a skillfully cut out and engraved floorplate. Now, please take some time to study the details of scrollwork a...
  8. J

    ball vice

    Best of luck with them and your engraving. Hope you have time to post some results on the Cafe.
  9. J

    Together We Stay Warm...

    Very clever.
  10. J

    ball vice

    I don't know what kind of problems you are going to make for yourself. Or what type of items you intend to engrave. But hundreds of engravers have used the GRS standard and positioning vises to successfully engrave thousands of firearms, jewelry and other items. If you buy one of these vises...
  11. J

    Background dots

    tdelewis, Thanks for the tip. To be fair and honest, must say I have not tried Tira's dotting punches on guns. They might be good and hold up to hard steel. Will give them a try.
  12. J

    Background dots

    Many dot or beading punches are made for use on jewelry and softer metals. These will not stand up to the punching required for steel or firearms. The best American punches for these metals are the ones made by the Ngraver Co. Sadly, these Ngraver punches are now difficult to buy and in short...
  13. J

    1 year in...

    Handsome piece, well done.
  14. J

    Engraved 1953 Beretta

    As you say, Roger. I have seen the same from the Liege trained FN Browning engravers. No layout, just cut from memory. Some made a so-called "layout" with wax and powder and different sized thumb prints to space their scrolls. Absolutely amazing. They would be talking to you while doing this and...
  15. J

    Engraved 1953 Beretta

    Working engravers had to produce almost exact copies of the standard Browning engraving patterns. They had available the earliest form of photo copies for the working Browning engravers to follow. These were much larger than the actual engravings and not used for transfer. They were copies of...
  16. J

    Engraved 1953 Beretta

    The Grade I Browning over/under was a standard engraving pattern as shown in the Browning catalog. Nothing very special, just very nice, well cut engraving. The total amount of engraving and pieces to be engraved in that number of guns in one day is mind blowing.!
  17. J

    Engraved 1953 Beretta

    I agree with Roger. No way would the pistol take a European factory trained engraver nearly a year to engrave. The picture shows just lots of coverage of pretty nice standard factory engraving. No inlays or anything special. To put this in perspective. The FN Belgium factory engravers were...
  18. J

    Head Stand.

    This made me chuckle. As if engraving isn't tough enough! A head stand-----No Less. But a head rest on a scope does help
  19. J

    Question: Advice on GRS classes or private instruction?

    That is absolutely beautiful scroll work, shading and backgrounding. Engraving art and design at it's best.
  20. J

    QUALITY OF ENGRAVING HAMMER OR AIR TOOL?

    The variable speed Ngraver Magna Graver 2 V impact handpiece can produce engraving that has the same progression marks as most hammer and chisel engraving. With a skilled operator using this Ngraver handpiece I think very few people could tell the difference in the work. Ray Phillips, the...

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