Back again with another question. What software do you use when manipulating images, making them larger or smaller, on the computer before printing them off as templates or transfers ?
I tried the transfer system earlier, i have a Samsung 2026W laser printer, i printed off a few simple...
Thank you Andrew. I am trying to learn to engrave with my crude set up during the day, and practising my drawing at night. Drawing and sketching is something i did a lot of when i was a lot younger than i am now, so i know i can do that, just shaking rust off old skills and trying to learn a...
Thanks for all the replies. I will probably work with steel, its a material i am used to working with and like, as well as most of my interests being either firearm or knife related. But i was watching engravers at work on youtube, from Westley Richards and i think Holland and Holland, they were...
I notice there are three different common engraving methods. The push engraver, the hammer and chisel method and then the air graver, which i suppose is a progression of the hammer and chisel.
Is the method used just down to the preference of the individual engraver ? Or are each type used for...
I really love the High-wall, a real American classic, like the Sharps falling blocks. Can i ask, if the rust bluing process can damage the gold inlay ?
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I joined this forum a while ago and never got around to posting. Anyway i live in Ireland, have an interest in older firearms, especially British and Irish made shotguns, and also falling block rifles. The engraving on these older guns has always interested me, and is a skill that i would...