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  1. Chujybear

    Interesting hand punched design on bronze box.

    Nice journey of discovery… I’d say repousse is practically engraving.. i know i wind up engraving everything i chase
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    Engraving Tools

    Line tool might be a liner.. florentine
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    Question: How to prevent copper plate from oxidizing?

    It might come under another brand name.. museums use it for long term preservation without compromising the integrity of other finishes, patina ets.. look for something that is microcrystalline wax.. it is in a solution with some kind of solvent. Smells like petrol.. but probably naphtha
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    Question: Lets talk about hearing protection / noise cancelling headphones - What do you use?

    They make ones for hunting,, can actually use them for amplifying the sounds of your surroundings.. but they cut out anything over a certain DB. Are also Bluetooth for music.. i forget, but assume they will let in calls too.. i think axil is the brand.. but i dont think they are doing...
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    Your dream workbench

    I will take a picture. I’m in the north carving wood right now. But if I get back home I will take some pictures, and try to find this thread again one is a foredoom flex shaft. The other is an emesco belt driven dentist drill…. I prefer the emesco…tho I just busted a belt My microscope...
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    Your dream workbench

    Adjustable height (at least) for the part of your bench that supports your ball. solid. I have frequent occasion to give something a whack. It’s nice if that doesn’t reverberate through the whole benchtop. storage. You can’t have too much storage. But look at the height that drawers need to...
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    How nessasary is pneumatic engraver for a beginner?

    Not necessary. A workholding solution is the best first hurdle
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    What gravers should I buy as a beginner learning hand push?

    If you cut a face on the broad side (As a-posed to the corner) of a graver blank, you have a flat graver.
  9. Chujybear

    A really cool book jacket

    I think sumingashi?
  10. Chujybear

    Are these gravers?

    Two on the right are beading tools. Roll along for a decorative edge. Rest may be gravers , pics, .. modified tools for particular jobs
  11. Chujybear

    Best sharpening system // fixture for brand new (broke) beginner?

    I’d say the plates are your budget solution, as you can get by with only a very few geometries.. could probably just do 90, I know many who rarely stray far from that….. even cheaper is to sharpen by eye..
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    Question about polished gravers.

    There is an advantage to knocking the burr off the apex.. but other than that it depends if you want a bright finish or if you will blacken your lines. If blackening, prolly 600 is good
  13. Chujybear

    stainless steel for engraving

    Are they hardenable then?
  14. Chujybear

    Question About Work Bench Set Up

    Without a banding wheel you might find some frustration with your microscope.. you can switch to optivisor. And your setup will be perfect.
  15. Chujybear

    scope

    I’ve made Barlow lenses for my scopes before. For a Olympus.. and maybe the other one was even a Nikon.. can’t remember the exact specs, but I think it was a -3 corrective lens from an eye glasses place, fit into a pvc fitting that I reshaped to fit the objective. .. have done the same ...
  16. Chujybear

    How to colour/lacquer/paint hand engraved watch dials/guilloche

    Since you are working in fine silver you have no problem with enameling. It will take the heat of firing without oxidation. to make it tight, you can shake your enamel on it, stone it down (perhaps exposing some fine silver highlights, and then refute, for a much tidier look.
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    Protects engraving metal to avoid oxidized

    renaissance wax is what you want.. tho it has a thinner in it that might effect you’re drawing on the copper, depending on what you use. . You can also just engrave until you are done and then clean your copper with an acid, or light buff, and then wax it after
  18. Chujybear

    Is this a set screw on Victor Vise and how do you adjust it?

    I have that vise... I think it raises a bearing against the centre post, pulling the plates apart, and thus adjusting the drag on rotation... I think I’m right... but as such it’s sort of a two spead adjustment.
  19. Chujybear

    How to engrave small circles?

    The most important tool to make your life easier as an engraver is not the power assisted engraver, and it is not eye enhancement. The most important tool is the engraving ball. It will increase your control. It will add weight behind the subject that you engrave, and it will make engraving...
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    Question: Does anyone recognize this style

    It’s probably engraved , then stamped. To my eye the cross hatching looks raised, which would be the tell... the master would be hand engraved. Working on something just like this right now

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