jeep4x4greg
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- Jul 27, 2007
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Hi all.....
I searched the forum and the web...but haven't found much....all i found was a recommendation to get a "wood graver handle and a graver"......so i searched for those and came up with dozens of different styles....and i don't know what I'm looking at. i foudn some gravers but then i find different tip styles and dont know where to go from there.
soooo.....what do i need as a minimum to get into the world of engraving?.....i don't mind spending money...but i don't want to buy thousands of dollars of equipment when I'm not sure if I'll like it...or if I'll be any good at it.
my end goal is to be able to engrave some of my firearms and maybe some other stuff like knives or even jewelry........really i just like to make stuff.
I'm decent at drawing and could draw things on par with some of the fancy scroll-y stuff I've seen here and elsewhere.
so whats the basics i need.....i don't mind starting with hand tools. I have enough metal scraps around that i could easily find some good smooth practice pieces to do some scrolls and lines and get a feel for it.
any info is appreciate.....if you have tool specific recommendations that would be great.
or if this has been covered to death and i just missed it, please point me to a link
thanks
guys and gals
I searched the forum and the web...but haven't found much....all i found was a recommendation to get a "wood graver handle and a graver"......so i searched for those and came up with dozens of different styles....and i don't know what I'm looking at. i foudn some gravers but then i find different tip styles and dont know where to go from there.
soooo.....what do i need as a minimum to get into the world of engraving?.....i don't mind spending money...but i don't want to buy thousands of dollars of equipment when I'm not sure if I'll like it...or if I'll be any good at it.
my end goal is to be able to engrave some of my firearms and maybe some other stuff like knives or even jewelry........really i just like to make stuff.
I'm decent at drawing and could draw things on par with some of the fancy scroll-y stuff I've seen here and elsewhere.
so whats the basics i need.....i don't mind starting with hand tools. I have enough metal scraps around that i could easily find some good smooth practice pieces to do some scrolls and lines and get a feel for it.
any info is appreciate.....if you have tool specific recommendations that would be great.
or if this has been covered to death and i just missed it, please point me to a link
thanks
guys and gals