Ian
Notorious member
I bought a stamp set from MSC, haven't gotten it yet but it was only for the caliber, anyway. The other stuff is too stylized to do with stamps. I wanted to put a note for posterity on the barrel, underneath the wood, explaining the barrel, stocks, and finish was redone by me in 2018, and I also wanted to put the Savage name and address (original one), with "model 1899" below it, with the little art-deco arrows, on the side of the barrel. We had it all layed out nicely, but the guy's tools just weren't getting it done. It would have cost me $150 to have it all done, nearly double what the barrel blank cost me, and less than half of what a decent vinyl stencil printer would have cost. I could have etched it with some table salt solution, a cotton ball, and a battery charger.
At least the experience gave me something to ponder while driving....building my own pantograph machine, set up to hold a Dremel tool. I'm probably going to go ahead and do that anyway, got some other stuff that needs engraving.
At least the experience gave me something to ponder while driving....building my own pantograph machine, set up to hold a Dremel tool. I'm probably going to go ahead and do that anyway, got some other stuff that needs engraving.