Introduction and some simple work

[Mikeroesch]

Hi,

Well I'm hoping to make the move to engraving soon, been doing some scrimshaw using microdot technique and thought I'd put up one of my practice pieces. It's a Celtic Trinity knot on an old elephant ivory piano key top. I use them for practice and simple trinkets, they are too brittle for really fine work but they are nice to practice or try new designs on. Anyway I'm saving my $$ for an airgraver and/or selling stuff for it. Hopefully I'll have things set up soon. I built my own bench from shop scraps, I have an old engravers ball vise and a 20x inspection scope and nice stand I picked up on ebay some time ago. I got an old Jen-Air compressor from a airbrush artist that needed $$ and have most of the knicks and nacks I need other than the airgraver...so...

Anyway, Hi to everyone out there, I hope to be posting engraving work soon.

Mike Roesch
Chattanooga, TN