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  1. mitch

    Scrimshaw: Second attempt at scrimshaw

    It’s a shame to see that level of work on plastic.
  2. mitch

    A really cool book jacket

    Thanks! I knew someone around here would be able to hunt it down.
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    A really cool book jacket

    If you look closely at the seams they look stitched. Maybe some sort of fabric art? I found it a stunning bit of wallpaper.
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    A really cool book jacket

    I ran across this in the library. Cover design is attributed to Robin Billardello, but as far as I can determine she’s just the art director at the publisher. Anybody know how this sort or pattern is made? It’s kind of like a moire, but far more detailed and complex. Very beautiful however it...
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    Dumbest engraving request you’ve ever gotten?

    I used to, but sold it because I just wasn’t getting enough business engraving boat trailers to justify the space and expense.
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    Dumbest engraving request you’ve ever gotten?

    This one is one of the worst I’ve ever had. Do these … people… spend even three seconds looking at my website???
  7. mitch

    Air compressor pressure question

    Check the specs in the GRS manual, but I believe they recommend about 10psi more from the compressor than their machine requires. In other words, you should always have a little more air available than the engraving machine needs. I think i keep mine at about 45psi.
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    Today’s funny.

    What can I say? We get backed up sometimes…
  9. mitch

    Help with foot throttle

    Sometimes the screw hole threads strip out (it’s a plastic part) so the screw can’t be tightened. The only fix is a new part.
  10. mitch

    Announcement: RIP Winston Churchill

    No words.
  11. mitch

    Help, please: Newbie engraver, onglette heel help

    Onglettes are one of the most difficult gravers to sharpen and do consistently. Id strongly recommend picking an easier battle at this point in your journey until your skills are more advanced and you have a specific need for onglettes.
  12. mitch

    Chinese Hobo Nickels on ebay

    They’re faked. And not very well. Look closely at how uneven the “LIBERTY” lettering is.
  13. mitch

    Some things never change…

    Both! Same as today.
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    Some things never change…

    This book was written about 90 years ago.
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    Precision sharpening and polishing of these custom gravers/qc

    Keep in mind you also need a polished transition from the base of the heel to the graver shank. If the face and heel are nice n shiny, but the trailing edge of the heel meets at a rough edge with an unpolished shank your cuts may have been momentarily bright then get wrecked. The trailing edge...
  16. mitch

    New Stainless Pythons engravable?

    Scroll down below the main page (see screenshot) and it’s with metals information- CAFE GUN LIST (see other screenshot).
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    New Stainless Pythons engravable?

    Yeah, it’s still there but you gotta hunt for it. New SS Pythons are not mentioned.
  18. mitch

    New Stainless Pythons engravable?

    I know the barrels can’t be removed, but it’s only 3” and engraving would be a minimal treatment on frame and cylinder.
  19. mitch

    GraverMax G8 Air Issues

    It could probably use what auto mechanics call an “Italian tuneup”. Floor the pedal and turn the Strokes Per Minute knob up & down a few times for a minute or so. It won’t hurt anything and might clear whatever’s making it buck and stall.
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    Motifs & animals- shouldn’t they face forward?

    Yeah, but…. As Kevin rather poetically explained, a gun is a dynamic canvas with a clear “force vector” moving in a forward direction. There are also other traditional conventions in our art, such as north/south timed screws, checkering, etc. Having said that, one needs to know when to “break...

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