Post #574797 by TikiMango on Sat, Feb 5, 2011 12:23 PM

4WDtiki and Benzart, thanks for the comments. I tried tracking my teacher down, but no luck. The school wouldn't give me her info, but I left mine.

Played my first soccer match in over 25yrs (county league, 18 & up) yesterday, my legs are reminding me I'm not 16 anymore! We lost 8-0, but we were wearing them down... another 60mins and I swear we would've scored a goal. I'm hoping next week ends in a 7-0 score, baby steps on improvement. So being as sore as I am today, I was trapped in the "studio" for a commission piece.

The customer wanted a hook similar to another I had previously done, but wanted a tapa pattern on it.

I think the tapa pattern lends itself well to engraving like this. I was tempted to try a stain, but I'll save that experiment for another day. Now I just need to figure out how to clean the polishing compound out of the nooks and crannies. My nylon brush wheel isn't doing the job, might have to switch over to needles or something.

Thanks for looking!