engraving

  1. dimovengraving

    Engraving (H&C) of Gibson guitar

    One of the most interesting orders that I've ever had :graver: Making and engraving of a metal front(aluminium , heat treated) "Zemaitis type" , of Gibson (Les Paul studio) guitar This job is inspired by work of Danny O'Brien Big picture (2000px) : click to enlarge some work pictures ...
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    CZ mod. 83 starting engraving

    I recently start engraving this CZ 83. There are some pics of progress. Of course all critics and recommendations are wellcome!! Here in Montevideo Uruguay we have not any engraver school even we have not engravers now!! just one old engraver left and me starting. This forum has been, it is...
  3. DakotaDocMartin

    Engraving Scrollwork Start to Finish - an overview & review

    Engraving Scrollwork Start to Finish an instructional video by Master Engraver Sam Alfano :graver: Sam asked me if I would view his newest engraving video and perhaps make a few comments about it. :o My initial feeling is this is a must have tool that everyone from beginner to the...
  4. didyoung

    custom ring

    :happyvise:
  5. Jericho

    Question: Gunstock Carving Forum

    :thinking: Does anyone know of a good gun stock carving forum like this site or do many people use this site for that? I am into both metalwork and engraving as well as stock making and carving and since this site has been extremely valuable for engraving I would like to learn more about each in...
  6. Gironi L.

    Biodiversity 2

    Evolution Biodiversity 2
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    I know it's spam, but I'm desperate for feedback

    Hello, I have designed an application to help with wood-engraving-like shading in vector graphics format. On paper it works great :), but I was hoping to see, if there was any demand for such a program, before going any further into development. I'm a graphic designer. This is my...
  8. PhilJordan

    Announcement: Hello, I'm new!

    Hello all, I'm a new member and new to engraving as of about 2 weeks ago. I'm a self-employed silversmith living and working in London and I'm interesting in push engraving for work on silver and other soft metals. I've found it hard so far, but also incredibly fun. I'm really enjoying it but...
  9. K

    The Sites and Sounds of our Studio

    Enjoy this excellent video promo we just released of our studio in North Carolina... "The Music of Creation"!!!! http://youtu.be/Olk3qmA-OcM?hd=1 Kathryn Holton Stewart www.silverbonsai.com
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    Announcement: Ron P. Nott Memorial

    At Steve's suggestion, I got permission from Carol Nott to take some pictures of what she has done with Ron's engraving studio. Here they are with a couple more I took about 2-3 months before Ron passed away. If you happen to have others of Ron, please add them to this thread with a...
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    Design question

    What do you do when you're laying out a design for a gun that will be blued after significantly important inlays? The scroll work will be mostly obscured by the dark bluing leaving the highlighted inlays. Do you just imagine what the reversed image will look like, or do you use any other...
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    Ray Cover - syllabus misleading!!!

    This is what his website states he covers for the Intermediate Class: gold line inlay gold sheet inlay more advanced scroll design refining cutting techniques and individual skills HOWEVER... At the July class I attended he thoroughly covered: Lots of special graver...
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    Not engraving but tiny sculpture

    http://2photo.ru/en/post/18984
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    Help, please: Firearm Profiles (2)

    Categorized by type (pistol, revolver, rifle, etc.). Specifically identified where possible. Thanks to all the contributors. To add more, either add the picture to this thread, or email them to me (I'll add them to the Sticky).
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    Firearm profiles

    Categorized by type (pistol, revolver, rifle, etc.). Specifically identified where possible. Thanks to all the contributors. To add more, either add the picture to this thread, or email them to me (I'll add them to the Sticky).
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    Scratchboard art

    Mark Summers is one of today's best. There's also a short tutorial: http://www.behance.net/MarkSummers
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    I can't let this go unnoticed...

    Obviously, my posts have brought out the best and worst in some respondents. On the positive side, I've gotten a few very instructive and encouraging forum responses; some very nice PMs; an invitation to go one-on-one via Skype; and today a small package from Cloudy. There was no writing...
  18. JJ Roberts

    Latest Student

    Last week I had a new student Catherine Kennedy better known as Cloudy..she spent a week in my class. Cloudy's main interest is the engraving of wood working planes, and cabinet work. We spent the week going over sharpening, designing, and drawing. Cloudy was one of my most enthusiastic...
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    Ron's latest Kious

    I took these Tuesday at Ron's. Up close and personal it's even more beautiful!
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    Critique Request Progression of a P-Plate

    I started this one by drawing the spine and leaves directly on the plate. I then cut the 1) spine & leaves, 2) did the shading, 3) cut the crosshatching, 4) stippled the background and 5) added the black paint. I realized that I cut the shading and crosshatching too lightly as they virtually...

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