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    Question: Magnification

    I have one eye that's more dominant than the other, so I prefer a single Baush and Lomb loupe. Around 3.5x, 4x, 5x...any stronger and I'm too close to the piece to be manageable.
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    Does any one use bent liners?

    Thanks Allan for your thoughts and tips. That photo sort of represents my "traveling show" sort of set up. Sometimes, I'll visit stores to demonstrate the hand engraving craft. So, it doesn't really show my normal set up at my desk back at the shop. I like your idea of the glue. I had turned a...
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    Does any one use bent liners?

    Thanks for your thoughts. The company I've worked with for the past 25 years has always insisted on push engraving rather than air assist engraving, so I've had very few opportunities to try air assist. I've engraved many finely ribboned monograms over the years, so I feel pretty confident with...
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    Does any one use bent liners?

    Hey all- First time posting. Great information and wonderful support from fellow engravers on here, it's nice to see! For my entire 25 year hand engraving career I've always used bent liners, point tools and flat gravers for all the engraving I've done. The vast majority of which were letters...
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