Tools, Glorious Tools! #8 - Learning To Engrave

Hi Folks, Its time for a deep dive on learning to engrave - Please enjoy! Cheers, Chris. Btw I ended up cutting a lot of the engraving footage to keep the video moving along, but you can watch slightly longer versions of 3 of the plates being engraved here: Plate I:    • Video   Plate II:    • Hand Engraving Practice Plate II   Plate III:    • Hand Engraving Practice Plate III   Join YouTube Channel Memberships here:    / @clickspring   Become a Clickspring Patron here:   / membership   ________________________________________________________ A very special thank you to Patrons: Sinking Valley Woodworks (http://www.sinkingvalleywoodworks.com) Glenn Trewitt Mike Manfrin Christopher Warnock Guy Loughridge Charles Frodsham & Co. Peter John Richardson Adam Slagle Tim Bray Dan Keen Samuel Irons Sean Kuyper Matteo Neville Daniel Cohen Larry Pardi Olof Haggren Stassinopoulos Thomas Florian Ragwitz Andrew Smith Bernd Fischer Sam Towne Jack Cause Jeremiah G. Mort Andre van Soest Matthew Middleton Thomas Veilleux Dave Seff Robin Haerens L'Enfant Watch Company C. A. Patrick Voigt Mark Coburn Bogdan Dan Steven R. Crider Gary Levario Pete Askew Jeff Armstrong Rudolph Bescherer Jr Robert Petz Ralph McCoy Jim Popwell Kaedenn Bradley Pirtle Alan Carey PaxAndromeda John A McCormick Thomas Eriksen Michael Hardel Tim Ball Dominik Rogala Xanadu-King Eric Witte Peter Grant Michener Jonathan Teegarden Steve Hossner RuKiddin06 RobinP556 ________________________________________________________ Video Notes: (Amazon Affiliate links) Engraving study material that I use: BOOKS "The Art Of Engraving" (James B Meek): https://amzn.to/2qa2McL "Drawing & Understanding Scroll Designs" (Ron Smith): https://amzn.to/2NxNINZ "Advanced Drawing Of Scrolls" (Ron Smith): https://amzn.to/2JCoc9g DVD's "Learn Old School Hammer & Chisel Engraving" (Sam Alfano): https://amzn.to/2N4pRGH "Engraving Scrollwork From Start To Finish" (Sam Alfano): https://amzn.to/2BYV3kj "The Essential Guide To Drawing Scrolls" (Sam Alfano): https://amzn.to/2Wx4Do5 "The Experts Guide To Graver Sharpening" (Sam Alfano): https://amzn.to/2Ntte9b My Engraving Tools: Gravermach AT: https://amzn.to/2PD7lHc Airtact Monarch handpiece: https://amzn.to/31YjGbC Powerhone: https://grs.com/product/graverhone-vs... Leica A60 Microscope: https://amzn.to/3VET1xU Val-Air Compressor: https://grs.com/product/val-air-air-c... Sam Alfano Chisel Handle: https://www.grs.com/product/sam-alfan... Chasing Hammer: https://grs.com/product/grs-chasing-h... Optivisor Headband Magnifier: http://amzn.to/2HFg1FU 4 Arkansas Stones + case: http://amzn.to/2HCOAMX EZE-LAP Set SF/F/M/C/XC Color Coded Diamond Hones: https://amzn.to/2BZUbvX Thermo-lock work holding putty - https://amzn.to/44AHCmS