As usual, this post is not for the old dogs.
And to not hijack Ray Covers great idea and post.
Here are a few of the methods I use to make firearms outlines but there are dozens of others. Just a matter of picking a method that suits you and the materials you have on hand. For many methods I find it handy to have either/or masking tape or 3" wide Scotch Book tape #845 on hand. In a pinch I just use shipping tape.
With the masking tape I burnish the edges of the flats to follow the profile slightly.
Then with a really sharp Xacto knife and holding a little tension on the overhang you can cut sideways down the line. Don't cut straight down, of course.
With clear tape you can use a smoke lamp, a white board magic marker or transfer wax and white or black powder. I usually put my clear tape lifts face to face with another piece of clear tape or stick them to a transparent sheet. That way they are easy to make reverse copies.
To get really crisp outline copies I usually trace over the lifts with a .1mm fine marking pen from Itoya or others.
One of the pulls shown #4 is a smoke pull for record keeping of part of a Colt 1911 that was completed with flush gold inlays. As flush gold does not show well on a smoke pull this was taken when the cavities were cut. It is not only a record copy but can also serve as an outline copy for other 1911's.
The first picture shows a lift made with masking tape and then stuck to a sheet of cardboard and the edges traced on.
The second picture has smoke pulls in the top three, a white powder pull of a Martini Cadet next ( put over black paper for easier viewing) and the bottom image is the same Martini but done with a black color Whiteboard Magic Marker.
The third picture is the frame of a Colt 1911 made from a printing ink rub that was picked up on layers of shipping tape.
Hope this is a little help to some. I'm sure Ray will chime in later with some of his methods but he's a little rushed right now getting ready for Blade and Scott and Rhoda's Engrave-In.
Best regards.
John B.
PS> For some reason the computer gremlins won't let me attach Method 4.
I'll rescan it and post it later.
And to not hijack Ray Covers great idea and post.
Here are a few of the methods I use to make firearms outlines but there are dozens of others. Just a matter of picking a method that suits you and the materials you have on hand. For many methods I find it handy to have either/or masking tape or 3" wide Scotch Book tape #845 on hand. In a pinch I just use shipping tape.
With the masking tape I burnish the edges of the flats to follow the profile slightly.
Then with a really sharp Xacto knife and holding a little tension on the overhang you can cut sideways down the line. Don't cut straight down, of course.
With clear tape you can use a smoke lamp, a white board magic marker or transfer wax and white or black powder. I usually put my clear tape lifts face to face with another piece of clear tape or stick them to a transparent sheet. That way they are easy to make reverse copies.
To get really crisp outline copies I usually trace over the lifts with a .1mm fine marking pen from Itoya or others.
One of the pulls shown #4 is a smoke pull for record keeping of part of a Colt 1911 that was completed with flush gold inlays. As flush gold does not show well on a smoke pull this was taken when the cavities were cut. It is not only a record copy but can also serve as an outline copy for other 1911's.
The first picture shows a lift made with masking tape and then stuck to a sheet of cardboard and the edges traced on.
The second picture has smoke pulls in the top three, a white powder pull of a Martini Cadet next ( put over black paper for easier viewing) and the bottom image is the same Martini but done with a black color Whiteboard Magic Marker.
The third picture is the frame of a Colt 1911 made from a printing ink rub that was picked up on layers of shipping tape.
Hope this is a little help to some. I'm sure Ray will chime in later with some of his methods but he's a little rushed right now getting ready for Blade and Scott and Rhoda's Engrave-In.
Best regards.
John B.
PS> For some reason the computer gremlins won't let me attach Method 4.
I'll rescan it and post it later.
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