Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone knew the decade in the 1700’s when this sunburst design was first used on rifles or guns that were made in Great Britain.
Thank you, Richard
I found this while rummaging around in the bowels of the Internet. It may be of some interest.
CheersRichard
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B279zYzmTSk3TUpXcUVqLThrbGs/edit?resourcekey=0-n2EUTpDg8FWEzwrqCQi7Cg
I want to learn how to “pop” a chip at the end of a cut that has the shape of a “comma”. I be google the heck out of it but really no useful info found. What I learned so far is the graver needs to have a taper for it to be on the “springy” side. I’m using a Lindsay palm control btw. Can anyone...
I need more printer resolution than I’m currently getting from my laser printer for transfer. I had a dandy small HP that used HP number 65 ink but it was lost in the move. What are you guys using that uses pigment black it? Don’t need all the bells and whistles, just something inexpensive...
Cobbled a fixture to hold barrels for engraving. The photos are pretty much self explanatory( if they show up). The whole assembly rotates in a post that is inserted into the grey column. It is very smooth to rotate. It rides on a bronze bushing. Aa piece of angle iron in place of a barrel is...
Thought maybe one or two of the folks here will enjoy this.
Cheers Richard
https://stampaday.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/national-stamp-collecting-month-the-art-of-engraving-intaglio-printing/
I’d like to cut and raise the dots on a border like this. How is the metal prepared to use the dot punch. This dot border is very clean and uniform and I would like to use it on a English flintlock rifle I’m building.
Thank you,Richard
I’m fairly new at engraving and find that my straight lines are best when I tilt the practice plate away from me. I’m using a pneumatic engraver and the way . The way I was cutting before was the plate was close to perpendicular to the microscope but the curled chip started to obscure the line...