For you Nickel carvers that don't use any existing features of the nickel, how do you go about cleaning one to a blank? I just spent a couple hours just to get to this point. Do I need a mini lathe?
Thanks
Attached are 2 nickels that I have finished during the last 2 months. (I am glad the end-of-year business stuff is over at regular job.)
The lady I completed with visor only. I thought it was not great, but passable, and a little improvement over the last one.
I got a microscope last...