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  1. KevinCunningham

    Critique Request Not quite bulino I think?

    Todays work- factory commission, woman supplied reference art for lion head on her trap shotgun. It’s supposed to sorta have a little ink spatter effect.
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    Venting about carbide order- learning the hard way that 3/32” comes 20% oversize. So much grinding…

    Howdy I was referred to Centennial carbide and specifically their ultra-grain blanks by another engraver. He let me try his setup which worked great- he buys their 1/16” round stock and uses the GRS collet system so once a graver is locked into a collet it can be indexed repeatably for...
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    Favorite simple motifs for difficult areas?

    Howdy I have seen a lot of old guns with heavy or full coverage where hard to reach areas were just done with a row of dot punches, a wriggle cut, or a row of alternating short curves. Most of these don’t hold up to close inspection and a lot can’t really be compared to modern standards of...
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    Motifs & animals- shouldn’t they face forward?

    Howdy engravers I was trained as a tattooer and have 25 years experience- I’m coming up on one year total cutting with gravers so everything is still kinda shiny and new to me. As a tattooer one fairly hard rule is that with the client’s body standing and relaxed all tattoos should face...
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    Sig Sauer p230 SL is engravable

    Work in progress- Stainless Sig P230SL 380 that is reminiscent of a PPK. Just started doing some shading. I figured a german pistol could use some Eichenlaubornament! Haha got their word for it off the glossary on Lindsay’s site but when I suggested Oak & Acorn the owner’s eyes lit up. He’s a...
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    Drawing right on the piece

    Howdy engravers! I’m just dropping in to chat with like minded folks. I’m still wet behind the ears and constantly discovering basically everything. Today’s topic is drawing right on the piece. Pencil on china white, sharpie marker, scribed dychem, whatever the method you like. Of course I am...
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    What’s your favorite way to hold a revolver in a ball vice?

    Howdy! I’ve searched and found nothing- so I’m going to try to stir up a discussion. What’s your favorite way to hold a revolver frame in a ball vice for engraving? What are the pros/cons of methods you have tried? Firmness? Ease of removal? I’m leaning toward the moldable plastic or hotglue...
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    Engraving concave areas

    Howdy engravers I’m a seasoned metal worker and commercial artist but less than a year into learning pneumatic engraving and traditional vocabularies. I’d love to hear how you all approach cutting concave areas. I’m not really any good but I’m gaining confidence turning convex (round) items...
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    Anybody like cutting old top break revolvers?

    Howdy I’m a very green engraver but an experienced firearms enthusiast. So far I’ve done a few rock island slides that show I have a long way to go but didn’t need to be melted before anybody saw. I’ve been kinda dismayed that gunshops are so cleaned out that there is no affordable cool junk...
  10. KevinCunningham

    Question: Springfield stainless 1911 slide- engravable?

    Howdy folks I did a search and read the read/only list, came up short. How much fun/headache are stainless Springfield 1911 slides? Hard all over? Or just around the notches? thanks for any tips or experience- trying to decide if I want to take one on. Kevin

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