Making an overlay

[GlenV]

Sorry duplicate.. ugh
 

I was thinking of trying this, the idea was to make a cap for a Parker 14 eyedropper.  Not really expecting anything great so studied YouTube for engraving info, never tried that, and thinking of a way to try without much initial expense. I made a graver with hardened steel rod (cheap on amazon) turned a wood handle with scrap wood. Sterling is a bit more money so to see if it was possible bought some copper in the size of my drawings of a Heath style pattern and tried to engrave with push engraver only. Initially this was not working but with some trial and error with the shape of the cutting part of the tool it started to work a bit. I’m not very skilled at this yet. But kept at it, my second try shown here was acceptable for me. Not perfect. Then using a cheap jeweler saw for the piercing cuts (under 15$ amazon) and beeswax for cutting lube (I had some of this) here is where I got with the copper.

 

[VacNut]

This is great! I haven’t looked at the you tube videos, but your example really shed light on how the overlays could have been made. Thank you.

[GlenV]

( this is a duplicate thread, did you see the more finished effort on the other thread? Thank you, it is fun and I thought well if they made them by hand then, maybe the same could be done now..)