MICHAEL
Elite Cafe Member
I took some time away from engraving and built me a new engraving bench and a bench to do gun disassembly / assembly / work. I got tired of cleaning my engraving bench every time I wanted to work on a gun (and sucking tools up with the shop vac). I keep all my tools off my engraving bench now and so far haven't sucked any tools up and clean up is quick and easy. I keep most all the chips on the table top. Chips on table top means Michael can stay in the house! I also made my first set of one piece grips for a set of Uberti SS 45's. I left the grips slightly oversized for carving later.
I've been cutting straight lines and circles for the past few months. I started to add scroll backbones and now I tried some leaves. I'm experimenting with my cuts to see if can make the design flow. This is a design from Nimschke that I modified slightly. I'm more concerned with critique on the cuts, depth, flow, punchdot, shading, and anything I may not know yet. :thumbs up: My biggest question is have I over-extended my abilities? Should I go back to lines and circles?
I'm still using an optivisor. :thumbs up:
I've been cutting straight lines and circles for the past few months. I started to add scroll backbones and now I tried some leaves. I'm experimenting with my cuts to see if can make the design flow. This is a design from Nimschke that I modified slightly. I'm more concerned with critique on the cuts, depth, flow, punchdot, shading, and anything I may not know yet. :thumbs up: My biggest question is have I over-extended my abilities? Should I go back to lines and circles?
I'm still using an optivisor. :thumbs up: