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In my quest to make the beveling of cuts in ornamental engraving easier for students to understand, I've engraved a couple of right ant wrong...

i remembered to take pics throughout the process this time. so first i lay out the design on a grid. this makes it a bit easier to redraw under the...

I am getting a bit better with this technique, and trying this time for some finer detail by interpreting a very nice 19th century line drawing with...

All of the posted de-manetizers work, of course, Here are photos of what I have found to be both effective, well positioned, and inexpensive. A...

Someone mentioned having problems with magnetized gravers, so I thought I would write an article about a way to help demagnetize the gravers. Some...

I was asked about the "burlap" background texture so here goes with a little info: I'll be focused on silver (or sterling) however, these ideas...

Here are the results of Cutting & Shading #1, which is the start of an ongoing series. I have another one in the works by another engraver which will...

Here's what I got from Bob via email. He's been busy at work making another vertical knife fixture based on the ideas in the previous thread. What a...

The subject recently came up about how to hold a knife vertically for engraving the butt end. I'd remembered that Bob Finlay in Emporia, KS had a...

to continue the recent discussion about gold inlays ("Gold Overkill"), here are a few shots of a simple cattle brand I just did on a very nice Rick...

here's the Belgian inlaid technic

I used this method for many years. It works well for heeling square gravers. I think it'll work for heeling 120's if you have the type that are full...

This may be nothing new to some of you... Infact, it may be more tedious than just using wire for inlay. But, since I was having some difficulty...

I taught a scroll drawing class last week which inspired me to make a hand-out showing the sequential steps to making an intertwining scroll. This is...

Hi, I hope Sam will forgive me for reposting this instructional link. I am a penman/calligrapher with a specialty in a form of shaded script (see...

Here's a more complete explanation of the process. I've been meaning to make a class handout on this for a long time, so I'm glad this discussion...

ok, ok, i readily concede that using a laser is waaaay cooler, but as much as i would love to be able to tell my wife, with a straight face, "Hon, i...

Rod, I thought I had posted this a year or so ago but I can't remember. I made a similar set up but found the normal cheap laser pointer power just...

Where engravers make use of a microscope, rather than head visor, there have been some posts on the subject of keeping your working area always...