spectralcanine
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I've just recently started engraving, and I noticed that I really lack control over line depth and following the ink, especially with smaller drawings.
I tried using the magnifying part of the desk lamp in the attached image, but it turned out that it actually made me less accurate for some reason.
In the second image (drawings taken from google images, no idea who they belong to, sorry), the right-top drawing was done first, then the right-bottom was done with magnification, and finally the left drawing was done half-half, with the top part being with my eyes (it's hard to see because I took a bad picture, but the top part is a whole lot better than the rest, generally speaking what I engraved with magnification was really shallow).
I am using a Lindsay AirGraver Classic, with an HSS 120 degree graver, with air pressure at 40 PSI (are there recommendations for air pressure depending on what is engraved (material, depth)?)
Is there some recommended practice material (drawings, etc.) that I can work on?
I am assuming the instant reactions, considering the talented people here, would be to draw things for myself, but I never drew anything serious in my life, and I have no imagination or drawing skills.
Do people use microscopes when engraving small-but-not-tiny stuff?
Thanks!
I tried using the magnifying part of the desk lamp in the attached image, but it turned out that it actually made me less accurate for some reason.
In the second image (drawings taken from google images, no idea who they belong to, sorry), the right-top drawing was done first, then the right-bottom was done with magnification, and finally the left drawing was done half-half, with the top part being with my eyes (it's hard to see because I took a bad picture, but the top part is a whole lot better than the rest, generally speaking what I engraved with magnification was really shallow).
I am using a Lindsay AirGraver Classic, with an HSS 120 degree graver, with air pressure at 40 PSI (are there recommendations for air pressure depending on what is engraved (material, depth)?)
Is there some recommended practice material (drawings, etc.) that I can work on?
I am assuming the instant reactions, considering the talented people here, would be to draw things for myself, but I never drew anything serious in my life, and I have no imagination or drawing skills.
Do people use microscopes when engraving small-but-not-tiny stuff?
Thanks!
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