dave gibson
Elite Cafe Member
A friend just came back from Taxco Mexico with 8 silver rings he wants me to engrave. Well I've never engraved a ring, or sterling silver either.
My question is everything,, is there anything special I should know before starting? I can't even think of any specific questions. I've engraved round shapes lots of times, there's nothing intimidating about this job since he plans to sell them individually in Europe to tattoo artists that already know me, low budget, just extra spending money for him. Almost no money for me but I consider it a learning experience and I do get paid for it
I've started on one plain flat band (they're all different simple shapes) I managed to get a pair of straight lines as margins around it. It wasn't at all easy, I couldn't get a real bite on the metal, I made my heels a little shorter than usual last time I sharpened but they all seemed about the same. It was just so slow it was almost like hand pushing, which I don't know how to do either.
There're a couple square flat sides I'll do before anymore round parts so I can get a better feel for it and I have some great reference for the designing. Just wondering if there's anything I might be missing like walking around the chair 3 times before turning the lights on. Any advice will be welcome.
My question is everything,, is there anything special I should know before starting? I can't even think of any specific questions. I've engraved round shapes lots of times, there's nothing intimidating about this job since he plans to sell them individually in Europe to tattoo artists that already know me, low budget, just extra spending money for him. Almost no money for me but I consider it a learning experience and I do get paid for it
I've started on one plain flat band (they're all different simple shapes) I managed to get a pair of straight lines as margins around it. It wasn't at all easy, I couldn't get a real bite on the metal, I made my heels a little shorter than usual last time I sharpened but they all seemed about the same. It was just so slow it was almost like hand pushing, which I don't know how to do either.
There're a couple square flat sides I'll do before anymore round parts so I can get a better feel for it and I have some great reference for the designing. Just wondering if there's anything I might be missing like walking around the chair 3 times before turning the lights on. Any advice will be welcome.