Dot Punch Background Is So Beautiful!

My favorite background treatment is dot punch background. It is very efficent and also very beautiful. When done correctly it allows the engraver to quickly achieve a visually interesting and pleasing effect.

[@derekturner3272]

doing a very light brass punch on an old buzz box graver over the dot punch really pops. You should try it sometime. It's one of my favorite textures. But easy to over do. I'm talking VERY light circular passes to make the circles dance in the light from all angles and... It smooths any rough edges without the need to sand. I made a small pen shaped graver for use on a bike pump reciprocator, similar to the graver designs all over YT. It uses a small brass hammer of 3.2g and runs very light/fast. The impression it leaves is very shallow because the tool point is also brass. Run at high speed, it makes very fast and light taps so the coverage is super fast.

[@voightengraving]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Barty.Crowell]

Subscribed! That's beautiful work!

[@voightengraving]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your support.

[@j.robertgibson1496]

Thank you for sharing.

[@voightengraving]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@gawni1612]

Take a shot everytime he says "dot punch background"

[@voightengraving]

I'm in!!

[@gopas9310]

look into a nanako dots, they're absolutely lovely, its used in japanese sword , on the tsuba and all

[@voightengraving]

Nanako is so beautiful!

[@gopas9310]

@@voightengraving definetely

[@featherman51]

beautiful work. Where do you get your dot punches?

[@voightengraving]

I have got them from Rio Grande and Amazon.

[@texasbagpiper]

@@voightengraving which size are you using? I’m thinking about getting some of these for my Lindsey Classic hand piece