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  1. SamW

    Todays Pic Turkey Vulture on Roof

    I once counted 60 eagles circling over a fish cannery on the edge of Kodiak. Quite a sight!
  2. SamW

    Todays Pic Turkey Vulture on Roof

    Yes sir. Young and mature Bald Eagles.
  3. SamW

    Todays Pic Turkey Vulture on Roof

    "Vultures "...Kodiak style...
  4. SamW

    Mckenzie style scroll

    Very nice Brian!!
  5. SamW

    Basic Bench Lighting (not microscope)

    My setup which I have used for over 40 years has been a 3 bulb 4 foot fluorescent light fixture which I recently upgraded to toggled LED bulbs. It hangs about 21/2 feet above and a half foot behind my vise. If needed, velum (tracing paper) can be used as a diffuser to further reduce any glare...
  6. SamW

    Ray Viramontez engraved gun

    CR...PM sent.
  7. SamW

    Beginner Basic Graver Control - Penny Piece

    The scraping will show you the variations in depth of cutting as well as prepare the surface for texture/scroll etc.
  8. SamW

    Beginner Basic Graver Control - Penny Piece

    Very Good! Now try a little scraping to smooth the background.
  9. SamW

    New member -Ramone from south africa

    Welcome Ramone. Hope you enjoy your journey in engraving as much as I have mine. This is the place for all your questions and comments. Again, Welcome...
  10. SamW

    Help, please: Coin carving question

    To clarify my comment, I use knife gravers, mostly #1 for the scrapping as you get a good straight edge to work with, the length of the face edge can be easily changed by changing the face angle or grinding off metal on the graver back.
  11. SamW

    Announcement: I'm Retired

    Welcome back...and to old age Bruce. Sounds more like you are self unemployed.
  12. SamW

    How Deep To Cut?

    Numerically...I cut scroll and background at about .003 to .005" in depth. Steel sculpting perhaps a coupe thou more. Gold line borders not much deeper.
  13. SamW

    working while staying at home

    Leland, I use the small polishing pins (2mm) as sold by Rio Grande, hand held like a pencil. I use the very fine green one. The case hardening locks in the fine detail and light polishing will remove the color easily without disturbing the metal. I selectively remove the color, leaving it...
  14. SamW

    working while staying at home

    No...his foot is tucked in just as it shows on the photo I took of it many years ago. Here is the photo and you can see if you look close the left tootsie is tucked under...doesn't show well in the engraving photo but it is there and I plan it will show well when CC is polished off. Same...
  15. SamW

    working while staying at home

    I would say it helps a LOT!
  16. SamW

    working while staying at home

    Take a look at my bark treatment shown on page 8.
  17. SamW

    working while staying at home

    Most excellent Marty, most excellent!!!
  18. SamW

    Latest knifeprosject and thanks to R. Ronnie

    Excellent...I like it!!
  19. SamW

    Help, please: Coin carving question

    Ditto pulling scrapers. I find the face edge of gravers work well for very light scraping which will flatten an area with patience, even large areas (with larger graver faces).
  20. SamW

    Critique Request Another attempt at Blackleaf

    Ditto all of the above...Keep at it Dan!

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