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  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:14:26 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Mickey Mouse Job (w/photos)</title>
  <link>https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&amp;msg=6250.1</link>
  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[David,

I've never tried to remove the cover, mainly because there's a small spring to deal with.

I can imagine the spring shooting across the room, never to be seen again.  &#62;.&#60;   

Sometimes the pin in the hinge can be tapped through the opening, but they're often pounded flat or crimped somehow, to make the task more difficult than it would appear.

Probably quite easy for someone who works with watches and has the proper tools.

Timepieces are another lucrative area, where many engravers fear to tread.

BTW - The $25 was charged to a trophy shop client, who will probably resell the engraving for $50.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:51:23 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Total Beginner</title>
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  <dc:creator>RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Man that is a beautiful creation.......

Awesome!]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:45:53 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Kuhlmann GM 1/2</title>
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  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Jim,

Unless you have a way to rotate (automatically) the barrel, you'd have to engrave at the top of the curve, where even though only slightly perceptable, the depth of the letter at the center, would be deeper than the tops and bottoms of the letters.

Most often, a single-line typeface would be used, not that double-line Century (probably what you have) wouldn't work.

The other consideration, if you don't have a cutter grinder, you'll want to make friends with someone who does.  Routing into steel takes a pretty quick toll on cutters, especially those with small tip sizes, i.e. .010-.015.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:01:29 UT</pubDate>
  <title>New Hermes fonts on Gorton 3u machine</title>
  <link>https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&amp;msg=5601.1</link>
  <dc:creator>rj (RANDYJOYCE)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[The Hermes type is a metric size maybe 30mm which is a little smaller than the gorton 1-1/4 copy blanks.  It can be taped in place in the gorton table or the Hermes strip holders can be  clamped or taped on the gorton table.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:55:42 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Old School Silverplate Engraving</title>
  <link>https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&amp;msg=1550.1</link>
  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Rich,

Nothing wrong with reviving an older post. :-)

I enjoy doing the &#34;PicTutorials&#34;, as I call them.

If you (or others) have any specific pantograph procedure(s) in mind, I'd be happy to develop some along those lines.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:47:52 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Gorton machinery information</title>
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  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Thank you Rich.

A virtual engraving museum.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:08:38 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Hand Engraving Spoons</title>
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  <dc:creator>geebeau</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Thanks.. I'll have to try it next time I &#34;fazool&#34; a line.

Steve]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:49:24 UT</pubDate>
  <title>First job</title>
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  <dc:creator>BrianC (INKSQUIRTER)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Make sure you have a towel handy to keep the hands and forehead dry.....I remember when I engraved a saxophone on my pantograph it was a very TRYING moment.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:08:18 UT</pubDate>
  <title>New Hermes Pantograph used</title>
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  <dc:creator>Barbara (RGILE)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Hi UncleSteve,
We decided not to buy it. I am going to wait until I can save and get a computerized one.
Thanks for the input.
Barb]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:54:43 UT</pubDate>
  <title>For My Next Trick</title>
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  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[The replica of the Vince Lombardi Trophy lived through the operation.

Here's a photo:



The piece turned out to be a plated resin item, which had a copper plating below the chrome plating, which helped me gauge the depth of cut, by seeing the change in color, from copper to the tan-colored resin.

The chrome plating on the &#34;A&#34; of Lombardi popped off, but that could have happened with any of the letters containing &#34;islands.&#34;

A dab of silver paint will probably remedy that situation.  The customer wants to do their own color-filling of the letters, which is fine by me.

Close enough for studio work. :-)&#160;]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:30:58 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Old New Hermes</title>
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  <dc:creator>Mike (MIKEN)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Thank you, I have some of that on hand.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:12:24 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Need to know how to Use</title>
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  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Kathy,

I'm happy to hear you got through your immediate jobs.  Very impressive!

As simple as pantographs are to operate, as you probably noticed, there's knack, to developing a &#34;feel&#34; for even pressure, across the entire piece.

It's also very common for newbies to slip out of the brass templates.  &#62;.&#60;&#160;

Hope the meeting with the prospective buyer goes well.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:52:08 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Stunt Engraving:  Can You Engrave a Putter?</title>
  <link>https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&amp;msg=4272.1</link>
  <dc:creator>Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[It is so clogged that you cannot see the pile of 's' in the equation.

It surely cannot be that I am blind.  :-$&#160;]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:03:14 UT</pubDate>
  <title>The Dinosaur Rises!!!</title>
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  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Steve,

I saw the pictures.  If you already have a demand for flat plates, any of them should be fine.

Versatility has always been my battle cry, so the flatbed machines were never in my lineup of choices, when deciding on a machine.

&#34;Ya gotta start somewhere&#34;

If the price is right, those machines should make a good start.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:02:59 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Cutter for Plastic Power Tool Case</title>
  <link>https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&amp;msg=3331.1</link>
  <dc:creator>Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Luckily, or unluckily, I have never had the opportunity to do one. I would try a FLX bit at a shallow setting, then if the results were good go deeper. If the results were poor, I would try a BAL bit a little deeper and see how that went. I would then go with the best result to nearly the full depth if neither was perfect, and do a final pass .002 deeper . I probably would hold my breath if it did not look that good on the first test.

There have been posts about ABS plastic, but I do not remember the recommendations. Search will not find ABS unless you try 'ABS Plastic' and 'the exact phrase'. Then it will find it a 'ABS' and 'Plastic', but not as the exact phrase. It is a bug in the search feature that needs to be worked out. (We were thinking about updating the forum software, but the bugs in search are worse than now, so we are waiting.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:15:31 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Depth cone for GTX-U?</title>
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  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Michael,

I didn't check the online catalog, although I did see the nose cones in the &#34;hard copy&#34; version of the Q1E catalog, I received at the ARA show in Las Vegas.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:13:46 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Not so hot line of text; can you help?</title>
  <link>https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&amp;msg=3290.1</link>
  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Michael,

Keep in mind you want to raise the workholding vise close to the diamond engraving spindle, so you don't have to extend the length of the spindle too much, in order to reach your substrate.

That can have a bearing on letter quality.  It's much like the difference bewteen trying to write with a pencil, with your fingers close to the lead, as opposed to trying to write with your fingers close to the eraser.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:04:32 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Stunt Engraving:  Don't Try This at Home!</title>
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  <dc:creator>Stunt Engraver (DGL)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Cindy,

That's an easy one.  Active imaginations, without knowing our limitations.

I hate to be told something can't be done, and sometimes, to my detriment, prove it's possible.

I have to confess, there is a deeper motive at play.

Could you imagine the look on another engravers face, when someone brings one of these tankards in, to match the engraving?

I can. (devil)&#160;]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:52:07 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Parts for Scripta Model GP</title>
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  <dc:creator>Randy (TWINPEAKSGUY)</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Thanks! I'll call them next week. 
Randy]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 13:41:50 UT</pubDate>
  <title>Anaheim, CA Area Engravers</title>
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  <dc:creator>gt350ed</dc:creator>
  <description><![CDATA[Gooday David! The beauty of the internet and a website is that, unless you indicate otherwise, they don't where you are when they perform a search and arrive at your site.]]></description>
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