Try to bend the point to a steeper angle only at the tip, what angle are you using? You can use the bent point at various angles even up to 90°, passing only a couple of times the tip through the sharpening stone will make your point more resistant. Normally I usually use this stainless steel...
Hello everyone, some time without passing through here, but it is always a great pleasure to return to the good places. Today I want to share with you my most recent work, I already posted it on Facebook so I'm sorry if you already saw it.
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I see very good answers here and I think they are all valid. In the personal I have obtained better results with 0.1 mm (0.003 ") heels. Before I used to measure it approximately by establishing said measurement in a caliper and then comparing under the microscope the distance between the teeth...
304 and 316 are practically the same with the difference of the presence of molybdenum in 316 that improves its anticorrosive characteristics. Neither of the two are very good for engraving, too pasty, however I use 316 as it is the one I have on hand, as I have researched the best for...
Thanks Mitch, I have Sam's video. In this work I was understanding some things about shading and one of them is what you suggest, really in person the dark areas look much darker than in the photos, I am taking the same with a mobile phone and a light box made in home, I suppose this has a lot...
Hello everyone, again around here, this is my second knife for the tobacco maker, I think I have had some progress compared to the previous work, what do you think? Thanks in advance.
Yes, you can sharpen a carbide bur to the point of the needle and use it to dot the background, I have not used this method for the background, what I do is place some facets on the tip of the bur after grinding it, this works similar to a bur, try it, it is a Pitbull to eliminate the...
Thank you very much Goldjockey, your words are very encouraging, sorry for the delay in answering. I certainly hope one day to get to the point of being qualified to teach someone. In the meantime I will do my best to gain that experience. I am also very grateful that there are sites like...
Well, in the 11 years that I have been a goldsmith I never feel completely satisfied with a job, I have that feeling that I could have done some things differently, my goldsmith teacher always told me that this is good, a sign that you are growing It is bad to believe that you no longer have...