Great information gentlemen.  I'm working on a small stamp for metalwork
and have been revisiting a book Tom Conroy turned me onto, Counterpunch,
making type in the 16th century, that describes the process he's talking
about. .
Michael-there's a set of Grobet needle files in here somewhere

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Thomas Conroy via OldTools <
oldtools@s...> wrote:

>
> Dwight Beebe wrote:
> >I'm still working on creating a stamp for the panels, but I've decided to
> use one I've already made for the center panel.  This morning's progress:
> >
> >
> >
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LwWd10pByif6hLVdvsOa2rEIr-
jwQN5N7h-RgWj4y98?feat=directlink">https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo
/LwWd10pByif6hLVdvsOa2rEIr-jwQN5N7h-RgWj4y98?feat=directlink
> >
>
> I like what you're doing with the round stamp, Dwight, using it sparingly
> to show it off. Remember that the details of a textureing stamp are a lot
> less important than those of a stand-alone stamp. The only time I have
> punched down a whole area in wood (inside a slot, to hide the fact that the
> surface was irregular but impossible to get at to smooth) I used (if I
> remember correctly) a big nail set, which gave a perfectly adequate circle,
> everything considered.
>
> Tom Conroy
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