Here's the stainless steel bracelet I engraved at FEGA. It's made of 410 stainless and was engraved with a Gravermach with Airtact. The photo was shot at the show. / ~Sam
Sam.........Stunning work and the design layout is fabulous.
I love the balance and symmetry. Also it demonstrates that a good photograph makes your fantastic work become totally awesome in so many aspects.
It was inlaid before bending, and care was taken to minimize the bend in the area under the inlay.
Here's a shot before bending with the bracelet mounted in Thermo-Loc. It was bent with the GRS bracelet former at the show.
Photos by DJ Glaser with his new 12MP Canon point-and-shoot camera!
Sam, Eric showed me the bracelet you engraved at the FEGA show. I was wondering was it Abigail's
birthday present? Just curious. It would certainly look lovely on her wrist.
At least! Maybe thicker; I think you maxed that bracelet former out with that stainless. It does a real nice neat job and I need to buy one soon. This beating a siver bracelet around a Sam Adams bottle has got to stop.
Killer job, Sam. Beautiful bracelet. Fantastically clean.
It was a treat to see it develop as you cut it.
Bye the way.... and not to start anything......but?????
I think the Miss Abigail should have one in solid gold with a stainless inlay!
What'll you say, sport!
Best to you both, wish we could have found more time together in Reno.
John B.
When creating this beautiful design how did you go about it? If I were to try a design like this I would have to draw the upper or lower half of the left side then using that half, transfer it to the other left half then using the completed left side transfer it to the right side to get it as uniform and exact as you have all four quarters. Did you go about it in this way or are you able to duplicate all 4 quarters of the design by eye and hand?
Just curious on how 410 cut. Secondly is 416 easier or does it not like to bend. As far as your bending you did a superb job, stainless is a lot tougher to bend than mild steel. Sorry if the wife caused you extra work, but she is right it would look good on Abi's wrist.
I am impressed with both the engraving and the photos. Of course, we all expect Sam's work to look that good. I mean come on, when was the last time you saw something of Sam's that was not up to par.
But.... for a point and shoot camera to take a photo like that is unexpected.
Those 12 megapixel point and shoot cameras are pretty impressive. Rod Cameron had one at the show and the zoom capabilities on it was incredible. Quite a few now have low light functions on them as well with shutter speeds up to 1000.
Roger: Normally I would draw on the workpiece and engrave 1/4th of the design and then mirror and transfer as I go. I knew this job would take a few days to complete at the show, so I did a computer rendering of the finished piece so people could see what the finished engraving was going look like (see printouts below).
I wanted a symmetrical border so I did that in Adobe Illustrator and made a printout. On my printout I pencil sketched 1/4th of the design within the border and photographed it. I brought the photo into Illustrator, traced it and did the mirroring and made a printouts of the finished engraving as well as some outlines for tranferring. After the show setup I transferred my laser printout to the bracelet blank and began the work.