rod
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Gold lettering onto silver really sparkles to the eye, yet simple photography is not good at all in capturing it. I need to get serious about a light box. No excuses, as Sam Welch has already shown me how to make a good one from a surplus bed sheet.
A good local man passed away, his widow donated his lathe to the local wood turners. Plaque, 2 inches by 3, will be mounted on his lathe.
Properly trained engravers will see immediately, that I did not change gravers to do my hairlines nice and thin, as gilding then appears, to the eye, to fade in these very thin lines, so I engraved all with a flat, it gives slightly wider hairlines that do appear to show gold better.
Is that cheating?
Rod
A good local man passed away, his widow donated his lathe to the local wood turners. Plaque, 2 inches by 3, will be mounted on his lathe.
Properly trained engravers will see immediately, that I did not change gravers to do my hairlines nice and thin, as gilding then appears, to the eye, to fade in these very thin lines, so I engraved all with a flat, it gives slightly wider hairlines that do appear to show gold better.
Is that cheating?
Rod
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