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Ah, that explains it, not many jewellers refer to the type of gear I have seen you mention, over time

They are wonderful tools - but there's little point my getting into a Ferrari when I needed to relearn how to change gear :) (I'm back to using my...

Power engravers are quite expensive, I have an air graver and it is excellent but it was not cheap. The Dremel type engravers are absolutely useless...

As part of my general rehabilitation & improving hand/eye coordination, I've been rebuilding my engraving skills; these were done with hand push...

Aero eng turned software eng turned jeweller :) Did a course as part of my degree learning machine tools, but I've long had an interest in...

You can engrave by hand without the use of power, with or without power to become proficient takes many hours of dedicated practice. Engraving using...

Thank you Dennis I’ll look into power engravers x

Engraving is a loosely used term to cover rotary and vibratory tools. But if you want to extend you hand engraving skills, dont even think about...

I have to ask Peter are you or have you been involved in engineering or fitting, it is just that over the years I have been on the forum, I have...

Very useful and nifty tool .Not expensive on ebay either.

I wouldn’t have thought the Russians are short of a dagger or two when they’re hunters out in the country. The intrigue will just have to read Ian a...

If sending a dagger, to Russia is anything like sending a dagger ( Dagger/Skian Dubh same thing according to UK customs) to to the UK, I hope he is a...

Thank you for letting us know. I often open the front door with one on, but tipped up like a bucket handle, as I have forgotten about it. dennis.

FWIW, I'd use a scribing block to layout the cut. https://www.warco.co.uk/marking-out-equipment-tools/337-surface-scribing-blocks.html

Ah that's probably cause i used silver wire eau natural and didn't bother polishing them up after shaping:rofl: Yes if they were more polished...

Well I have got my 4x Lactona dental loupe.....for my birthday, not for Christmas! What a joy...light and easy to work with...thanks Denis Sent...

I like the contrast of earwires and not that much of them is going to be seen once they are in. Is copper good for your ears? I’ve just sent out a pr...

As long as the top of the box is flat , it’s still possible to scribe a line with dividers. I’ve only used a hacksaw on Perspex and I agree with...

Well you can try a back saw, but in my experience they are not anything as sharpas a jewellers saw blade and more likely to slip and make a mess. ...

That’s the problem with being on the Open Studio, my details are everywhere as I found when I did a search. He only lives about 9 miles away and...

I knew there was a reason I didn't put my phone number on my website :rofl:

Caroline, your location is listed as as Scotland maybe "Skian Dubh"

I haven't actually tried a file though that's a good idea. My boxes are also roundish.It's just looking at the finished item, the join is uneven....

Thanks Dennis,I see what you're saying . My boxes are actually without corners but I am angling the blade to indicate the line. Having done a little...

What you do, as Caroline says, is to scribe the line using dividers and then, using an appropriate saw blade for the thickness of metal, cut through...

The only thing that jars for me, is the non matching ear wires Sheena. Perhaps you could copper plate them, by putting them into well used pickle...

There's nowt so queer as folk. Dennis.

It might be worth scribing or filing along the line to give you a start. My boxes were always round so it was more difficult to do that so I’d either...

I made a necklace for my degree show back in the day and apart from the handmade tubing being soldered every component was riveted together to make...