Re: almost had my airgraver in the bag
I'm disabled, not that it matters a hoot other than it's taught me to use what I got. I've been engraving/carving for three plus years now without an Airgraver. I want one bad but that doesn't keep me from carving. It's not the size of our tool/toy pile that makes us happy, its the creating.
Most of my gravers, I was given a Meeks beginner set, are homemade. My lack of tools and instruction may have slowed my progress but it hasn't kept me from learning. I started wood carving before engraving because I had a set of 5 small graver size chisels. That kept me busy until I roughed out my first graver from a broken drill bit and stuck it in a piece of scrap wood I used for a handle.
If all else fails work on your drawing skills. Sketch pad and a pencil has kept me happy in lean times, hospitals and any other place you need to wait. I consider drawing skills the foundation of being an artist.
Most important is to keep a positive attitude towards life,
John
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