tsterling
Elite Cafe Member
Well, I'm finally home after two days of driving after the 2015 West Coast Engraver's Confabulation which was held at Brian Marshall's Stockton Jewelry Art School.
A great time was had by all. Brian and his crew were outstanding hosts and hostesses. I ate a lot of good food, saw a lot of good demos, met a lot of interesting people, and learned a whole bunch of new stuff! I may be home, but I'm still tired... I only took a few photos because I was listening with rapt attention and usually forgot to fiddle with the camera...
Here's John talking about his undercutting graver during the inlay demo.
Danny during his Western Flat Engraving demo. All hand push! If I fool with hand push there's either blood or a long nasty scratch, or both...
More of Danny in action with his push graver. Zip, zip, zip and he was done.
My favorite demo, Danny soldering a small brass shield on steel, just like he would do on a big Western buckle. Note the little "T" shaped soldering pick he used. One point was sharpish, the other was flat, and smoothly polished. He used the points to move the sticky flux around, and the flat of the T to sweep the carpet, either pushing flux into the soldering areas, or pulling the excess back. Also a lot of good information on controlling the torch/heat. Very neatly done.
Many, many thanks to all of the folks who made a long drive very worthwhile!
Tom
A great time was had by all. Brian and his crew were outstanding hosts and hostesses. I ate a lot of good food, saw a lot of good demos, met a lot of interesting people, and learned a whole bunch of new stuff! I may be home, but I'm still tired... I only took a few photos because I was listening with rapt attention and usually forgot to fiddle with the camera...
Here's John talking about his undercutting graver during the inlay demo.
Danny during his Western Flat Engraving demo. All hand push! If I fool with hand push there's either blood or a long nasty scratch, or both...
More of Danny in action with his push graver. Zip, zip, zip and he was done.
My favorite demo, Danny soldering a small brass shield on steel, just like he would do on a big Western buckle. Note the little "T" shaped soldering pick he used. One point was sharpish, the other was flat, and smoothly polished. He used the points to move the sticky flux around, and the flat of the T to sweep the carpet, either pushing flux into the soldering areas, or pulling the excess back. Also a lot of good information on controlling the torch/heat. Very neatly done.
Many, many thanks to all of the folks who made a long drive very worthwhile!
Tom