mitch
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Hi all-
A friend is completely restoring/rebuilding a pre-'64 Mod70 and has asked me to engrave the fairly extensive lettering on the barrel. He has another crisp factory barrel to use as a pattern. I was thinking that a really sharp image is usually easier to get with a smoke print than a charcoal impression and was wondering if anybody ever tried just using the negative as a transfer? instead of the usual black letters, cutting out the 'white space' in the black background. one potential drawback is that i usually use a plain paper laser printer transfer method, which means the paper is fused to the toner, so less toner (finer lines) is generally better because the paper releases more easily with less chance of damage to the image.
pros & cons anybody?
A friend is completely restoring/rebuilding a pre-'64 Mod70 and has asked me to engrave the fairly extensive lettering on the barrel. He has another crisp factory barrel to use as a pattern. I was thinking that a really sharp image is usually easier to get with a smoke print than a charcoal impression and was wondering if anybody ever tried just using the negative as a transfer? instead of the usual black letters, cutting out the 'white space' in the black background. one potential drawback is that i usually use a plain paper laser printer transfer method, which means the paper is fused to the toner, so less toner (finer lines) is generally better because the paper releases more easily with less chance of damage to the image.
pros & cons anybody?