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    lettering questions.

    i have been hoping to avoid having to do lettering but i can see that i'm not really going to be get away without offering it to people who want to personalize things i have already engraved. this time i got a job that is only lettering but due to the nature of my relationship with the client, i...
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    black paint?

    hi engravers, i recently did a gold ring that i would like to blacken the linework on. i have used chemical compounds to blacken work on other metals and remember reading somewhere that black paint is popular for this kind of thing on gold. anyone recommend a particular brand? or any...
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    belgian engravers

    i stumbled across this website and thought some of the other members might like to look through these photos. i like the fact that you can see different engravers doing the same game scenes but with their own style. very cool...
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    christmas in april.....

    yesterday i was an extremely happy camper. just received my lindsay palm control graver. i took a few passes on some test stock and i was off to the races. jumped right into it with a work in progress. i can't begin to express the satisfaction of having air power. it just upped my game in...
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    trout flask

    i have been meaning to write an introduction and a bit of a history of how i came into engraving but have been putting it off because it is more work than just posting a pic of my latest work. which i was also putting off........
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    Question: stereo microscope confusion

    hi folks, i have been drawn to working very small lately. fine details in rings. i want to get better at it but i feel that i can only go so far with glasses and probably need better magnification. i started looking at used stereo microscopes on eblay but discovered that i have no idea what any...
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    Question: air graver vs. hammer/push graver

    hello to the forum. i am new here but not new to engraving. i have been engraving for about 7 years but in the last two i have started to get serious. everything i have done has been done using hand gravers with a chase hammer or push graver. i have been unable to justify or afford an air set...

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