TheInternet engraves a 1911 – Work in progress

[argonstrom]

That's what I thought when I read the title too.

TheInternet, do you freehand it all, or do you design it out in advance and project the design onto the slide to be marked before cutting? It would be tricky to get a design to project over the curve without distortion, but a little curve tool should make it work, especially if you can test it in real time using a projector display.

It's all freehand; I draw something on it & see if it looks "right."

[TS12000]

It's all freehand; I draw something on it & see if it looks "right."

Pretty damn good for freehand (I would have neither the artistic skill nor balls to carve up a couple of my guns like that).

[sniper7]

looks great!

[argonstrom]

Thanks, ya'll.

[Hoosier]

Any chance you can shoot some video of the engraving process? Little tripod for the camera or something. Would be cool to see.

H.

[argonstrom]

Unless it had midget strippers dancing in the background, it would probably be as entertaining as watching paint dry. A time-lapse thing might be cool, though I'd probably spend too much time sweating my fawk-ups.

[Irving]

So are you saying that you don't have a lead on the midget strippers then?

[Hoosier]

Unless it had midget strippers dancing in the background, it would probably be as entertaining as watching paint dry. A time-lapse thing might be cool, though I'd probably spend too much time sweating my fawk-ups.

I don't think I'd sweat a mistake for the cameras sake, and be more concerned about the slide.

H.

[argonstrom]

The basic outline is pretty much finished, but got a bit distracted this evening:

[ChunkyMonkey]

engrave "eat this" on those bullets!