Hi Guys

To Mark Smith and anyone else that wants to know, there are two ways to post pictures on the forum.

The first way is real easy. Just send your picture to Bill Gamradt who does the excellent job of looking after this web site, and he will post them for you.

Or you can do it yourself if you have a web site. Here are the steps…………..

1. Publish your pictures to your own personal web site. Don’t make them too big. About 800 pixels wide and roughly 100 dpi is big enough.

2. STEP-1 Go to your web page and with your mouse, right click on the picture you want to post on the forum…….another box will open……scroll down till you get to properties and click.

3. STEP-2 A box will open like (or similar) to the grey box in the picture. Copy with your mouse (by scrolling over it and right clicking copy) or write down the information that is circled.

4. STEP-3 Go to the forum login etc. Transfer the information into the small box (right click and click paste) or typing it in.

Make sure that the circled information that is already there is deleted or pasted over

Well that’s it, as clear as mud. I hope this helps.

On a personal note it would be really cool to see some more pictures posted here. Anything, no matter how small would be great to see. A screw, butt plate, cylinder, trigger guard anything at all.

Best wishes
Andrew


Andrew Biggs
10/10/2006 2:44:50 AM

ok andy here are some photos of a colt that i have engraved and gold inlayed .. ron p.



Ron Nott
10/10/2006 9:17:48 PM

Ron Nott
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Ron Nott
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Ron Nott
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Ron Nott
10/10/2006 9:21:53 PM

i hope every body like them . and thanks bill for doing a great job on this web site ..

SEE YOU IN RENO ..

Ron Nott
10/10/2006 9:23:06 PM

Hi Ron
They're stunning colts Ron, the finish on them is so rich and the gold really pops out. Beautiful.

Thanks for posting them.

Cheers
Andrew

Andrew Biggs
10/11/2006 5:44:43 AM

Thank you very much Andrew for the information, it was very usefull. Thank you. And per upon your request here are some photos of a floorplate I just finished up this week. Thank you again. M A Smith

Mark Smith
10/11/2006 9:55:00 PM

Another photo of the floorplate - slightly different view.

Mark Smith
10/11/2006 9:56:06 PM

Hi Mark

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Glad I could be of some help. That floor plate is just beautiful. I love the sylised mountain goat. I'd be very keen to see some more of your work. Your old master sounds as if he was a real character. Do you use the traditional hammer/chisel/burin for your engraving or air assist? Or all of the above?

Best regards
Andrew Biggs

Andrew Biggs
10/12/2006 12:19:49 AM

Ron, very nice pistol. Bring that one to Reno. Mark, it's always fun to see work by another engraver expecially a style that is new to me. If you get a chance come to Reno. I think you will really enjoy meeting the crowd and seeing the engraving and I know everyone there will enjoy seeing your work and meeting you. Congratulations both of you on very nice pieces.

Lee Griffiths
10/12/2006 8:22:27 AM

mark .. just beautiful work on that floor plate i would like to see more of your work .. like lee said try and get to reno i know you will get a lot out of this show .. hope to see you in reno .. ron p.

Ron Nott
10/12/2006 8:59:50 AM

Andrew: Thanks so much for the instructions! Even I can figure this out.
Mark: A belated welcome to the forum! Thanks for your posts and photos! Very nice work and in an interesting style. It's always nice to other people's style of engraving. Did you bead blast the background behind the scroll?
Ron: Thanks for posting! Nice Colts!

Rex Pedersen
10/12/2006 9:06:39 AM

Mark and Ron, thank you for showing us pictures of your beautiful work.
Look forward to seeing you both in Reno.
And thank you to our resident computer guru, Andrew for the picture posting information.
As Rex said, even we tech challenged types should be able to follow that clear instruction.
Now, if only they would publish camera handbooks that I could understand.
Maybe Sam's seminar will take some of the mystery out of that!!!
John.

John Barraclough
10/12/2006 11:11:05 AM

To Andrew my friend: I have primarly three work stations; the first station is where I use a modified foredom recipicating power assisted hand held piece, its very similar in appearance to the neumatic hammers and it is almost identical in size and feel as my hand held ones. I've modified it to run 20 to 4000 impacts per minute and have made other minor modifications. I tried to use a neumatic hammer once but the slight hissing sound that came from the unit (I believe it was a gravermax) bothered my hearing (and yes I do use a hammer and chisel and hand engravers), I used multiple multi faceted bulino picks in engraving the goats head and all the shading on that floor plate. I use all traditional style and techniques.

To Lee Griffiths: It is an honor and a pleasure to hear from you. I am very familiar with your work; I have seen your work in books and magazines. I've read your bio at GSR and seen photos of you at Grand Master programs GSR. Thank you for your compliment, and hope to meet with you in Reno.

To Ron Nott: Its truly an honor to hear form you, sir. I'm very familiar with your work and in fact I have studied most of all the engravers here in America either thru magazines and books, the guild itself and the internet. As I've gone thru the complete history of the forums discussions I was always impressed how you masterfully found simplistic solutions and they worked so well. As I'm becoming familiar with a digital camera I would like to post more photos. I will begin experimenting with photos of my previous work. Perhaps Anderw can instruct me on proper use of digital cameras. Thank you for your reply, it is truly an honor.

To Rex Pedersen: Thank you for the warm welcome. It is an honor to hear from you; I am also familar with your work and have also read your bio with GSR and viewed your work in other publications. I would consider bead blasting a blasphemy considering my training and studying. All the light reflection you see behind the scrolls is a part of the bulino process from light absorbtion to light reflextion as you know. The photos didn't show nearly the detail I was hoping for, but all the shading was done in dot bulino--using dots not lines, in this case. Everyday I am studying new styles and techniques from the Austrians, Italians and Germans, Americans and the English. I have many books, many German books and catalogs, and most of the American published books on engraving and am now acquiring all the Italian books I can find and purchase. Most of my tools are very old, far older than I am (I believe) except for the ones I have made and my power assisted ones. Each time I pick up a hammer and chisel I feel it very rewarding that I am chiseling into a piece of steel in the same fashion and enthusiam as my engraving brethern before me.

To John Barraclough: Thank you for your kind comments. See you in Reno.

To All: I am very pleased and honored to be conversing with all of you and I do hope to meet all of you in Reno. It has always been my independent opinion and one that my mentor instilled in me many years ago that I can learn something from everyone. I am truly excited to share what little I know and to learn so much from all of you. Thank you....M A Smith

Mark Smith
10/13/2006 1:04:19 AM

Mark,
Thanks for the response. It was really hard to tell from the photo just what method you used. It had a very nice effect! I'm looking forward to seeing your work in person in Reno!

Rex Pedersen
10/13/2006 10:07:07 AM