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horn engraver

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Hello I have been engraving horns for several years now.
Just found the Cafe hope to learn more and make friends. I posted some photos in album of my work but trying to get better all the time.
Let me know what you think.
 
Paulie

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:tiphat: Welcome to the cafe, horn engraver! You can learn a lot from the tips & tricks of the experienced guys here:thumbs up:! I 'm a 'beginner' myself, since 1,5 years... after reading so many pages & posts here, my eyes are gone 'screwy' :eek:and now I need stronger reading glasses::big grin:( Greetings, Paulie:beerchug:
 
Marrinan

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beautiful wriggle work on most difficult surface. There are several engravers here that work on flutes. Do a search and you will find some wonderful work. Thanks for joining us Fred
 
diandwill

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Pretty Fancy engraving on the horns, both pretty and fancy. Were the instruments assembled when engraved? or did you have them apart to access the inner curves better? How do you clamp them?
I've never done horns, but would be interested in learning, in case anyone brought one in.

Thanks, Will
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horn engraver

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
holding horns

Will, hello
I make my living now as musical instrument tech for Louisiana State Unversity School of Music
Before that I was a brass musical instrument restoration specialist for 25 years. Engraving just seemed a natural exstension of my horn resorations,mostly re-engraving.
I almost always dissassemble the instruments so as not to bend keys ect.
holding horn on my lap or on benchtop at first.
But in time I made mandrels to hold the instruments then put thatmandrel in a floor vise so I can move around the instrument, that works much better for me.

I have made a holder out of a camera tripod base which allows me to hold instrument and turn in any direction while cutting.

Mark
 
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