While taking a class with Alain Lovenberg, he handed me an ongalette with no heel to use. Mike Dubber and I were shocked how well it cut. Not sure how well other gravers would work. This was for very fine line banknote style cuts
Does he gently get rocked to sleep by the sounds of an elephant stampede?
the workmanship is over the top. I hope he spends as much on engraving his guns to match his bed
Your heel angle is deceptive as it is not running parallel to your face. It’s wider at the top as it goes away from the tip. What angles are you using I use a 15 degree heel usually with a 55 degree face.
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yout hard work on behalf of our guild is of the highest order. This latest effort of Ron’s great book is just another example. FEGA has been instrumental in reviving the art of engraving through the tireless work of all our officers and members over the years.
glad a bunch of us threw $20...
Another way of doing this technique is to once you transferred the clay image to the metal, build a clay dam around the area.
Now dilute the cold blue about 50-50. This slow down the coloring and makes sort of a dye out of it. Pour the solution into the dammed area and watch it carefully. As...
I use a 70 degree graver sharpened to a 45 face with no heel. Like Sam, I just poke and lift away from an angle as I go along I use a piece of brass to scrape off the small burrs