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Originally Posted by jaf50
Steve,
Just found and am browsing your site. Did you ever find the inlaying videos?
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No, I didn't. They were recordered on a video tape camera which was the same one we used for making home videos of the kids. Back then I believe I accidentally taped over that gold inlay tape I had recorded earlier.
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Originally Posted by jaf50
For the larger areas that were gold inlay, are they only held in place by undercutting the edges, or do you crosshatch the inlay underlayment with a raised burr to help hold the gold, which is what I believe Meeks suggests?
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I recess the area out with the nsk and also use that with a narrowed bur to undercut wotj. Out in the middle of larger sheet inlays I sometimes raised a few teeth to help make sure the center doesn't bow up. Here is a quick sketch of the inlay process.
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Originally Posted by jaf50
Your videos are a great example of the process, and like everyone else here, I'd like to thank you for putting them up. Is there a picture somewhere of your overall engraving workspace?
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Thank you Jim. Here is a picture of the engraving area in the new shop.
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Originally Posted by jaf50
Looks like you work under a 'scope a lot. Or is that just when you're making the videos?
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Yes, I pretty much always have engraved under the scope.
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Originally Posted by Chris Botha
Very well laid out thread and videos, some late night viewing in my Tabletpc..
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Okay, great! Thank you Chris