Chopped and engraved cam cover....
#21
10-19-2012, 03:23 PM
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#22
10-19-2012, 08:29 PM
The tools are for metal, got them through Rio Grande jewelry supplies.. I've had them for a bit, I think I paid 80 bucks?
I use a salvaged hammer handle as a hammer, lots and lots and lots of short taps!
For layout I just use white watercolor paint in a tube....put it on light, let it dry, then draw on that with a fine tip marker.
Then it's just a matter of following the lines.
Graver clearance is an issue in places where you are working next to raised areas, like the inspection "port" on the cam cover pic i posted.
You have to plan for that ahead of time while doing the layout, or you'll really get yourself into some major frustration.
Keeping the same angle on the graver to get uniform "bite" takes some getting used to as well.
I did that while I was out in Austin, and while I usually use dremel to remove the background, I didn't have one there.
So the background is all hand stippled using a sharpened dental pick.
Ugh.
THAT was some serious artistic masochism there...took FOREVER!
Listening to 80's speedmetal helped a lot...heh.
I use a salvaged hammer handle as a hammer, lots and lots and lots of short taps!
For layout I just use white watercolor paint in a tube....put it on light, let it dry, then draw on that with a fine tip marker.
Then it's just a matter of following the lines.
Graver clearance is an issue in places where you are working next to raised areas, like the inspection "port" on the cam cover pic i posted.
You have to plan for that ahead of time while doing the layout, or you'll really get yourself into some major frustration.
Keeping the same angle on the graver to get uniform "bite" takes some getting used to as well.
I did that while I was out in Austin, and while I usually use dremel to remove the background, I didn't have one there.
So the background is all hand stippled using a sharpened dental pick.
Ugh.
THAT was some serious artistic masochism there...took FOREVER!
Listening to 80's speedmetal helped a lot...heh.
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10-19-2012, 09:04 PM
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#24
10-19-2012, 11:23 PM
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The tools are for metal, got them through Rio Grande jewelry supplies.. I've had them for a bit, I think I paid 80 bucks?
I use a salvaged hammer handle as a hammer, lots and lots and lots of short taps!
For layout I just use white watercolor paint in a tube....put it on light, let it dry, then draw on that with a fine tip marker.
Then it's just a matter of following the lines.
Graver clearance is an issue in places where you are working next to raised areas, like the inspection "port" on the cam cover pic i posted.
You have to plan for that ahead of time while doing the layout, or you'll really get yourself into some major frustration.
Keeping the same angle on the graver to get uniform "bite" takes some getting used to as well.
I did that while I was out in Austin, and while I usually use dremel to remove the background, I didn't have one there.
So the background is all hand stippled using a sharpened dental pick.
Ugh.
THAT was some serious artistic masochism there...took FOREVER!
Listening to 80's speedmetal helped a lot...heh.
I use a salvaged hammer handle as a hammer, lots and lots and lots of short taps!
For layout I just use white watercolor paint in a tube....put it on light, let it dry, then draw on that with a fine tip marker.
Then it's just a matter of following the lines.
Graver clearance is an issue in places where you are working next to raised areas, like the inspection "port" on the cam cover pic i posted.
You have to plan for that ahead of time while doing the layout, or you'll really get yourself into some major frustration.
Keeping the same angle on the graver to get uniform "bite" takes some getting used to as well.
I did that while I was out in Austin, and while I usually use dremel to remove the background, I didn't have one there.
So the background is all hand stippled using a sharpened dental pick.
Ugh.
THAT was some serious artistic masochism there...took FOREVER!
Listening to 80's speedmetal helped a lot...heh.
I love that it is such a simple pattern and not a bunch of skulls or demons.
I do some leather work, and have wanted learn how to engrave, this is a real inspiration.
Are you in Tallahassee, I live south of Lake City.
#26
10-20-2012, 08:43 AM
#29
10-20-2012, 07:05 PM
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