I'm working on a silver jewelry project, my first. Design is to place an I Ching hexagram (six parallel straight lines, stacked, ~1/16" or less in width) on a piece of 16 gauge half-hard sterling silver. I rapidly discovered that the stamps I had created will not make a deep enough impression with even a strong strike.
Lines are 3/4" long, exact width is not critical.
Thinking that I would buy a hand (push) graver and do these with an improvised vise. I do have to make 20 of these.
Is anyone willing to mentor me a little w.r.t. graver type, sharpening needed, technique? I'll either blacken with liver of sulpher or flat black paint. A slightly "rough crafted" appearance is o.k.
Lines are 3/4" long, exact width is not critical.
Thinking that I would buy a hand (push) graver and do these with an improvised vise. I do have to make 20 of these.
Is anyone willing to mentor me a little w.r.t. graver type, sharpening needed, technique? I'll either blacken with liver of sulpher or flat black paint. A slightly "rough crafted" appearance is o.k.