Quarantine Projects!

[Weldo]

For engraving, this is the tool you need. I only know it as a graver. More control than a scribe.

Thanks for the suggestion! That's not something I'd thought of. I think I have the perfect piece of HSS to make a tool from.

 

[C-Bag]

I believe he shows engraving mostly in his "The Antikythera Mechanism" series. There's (9) episodes I believe.

He also has another channel now that I forgot about. Clickspring Clips.

Clickspring Clips

Old and new Clickspring material, presented in a short clip format. A satellite to the main Clickspring channel. Be sure to visit http://www.youtube.com/clic...

www.youtube.com

Here's a couple from there:

Wow, thanks! Clickspring blows my mind. This whole thing with engraving has me intreagued as I have no clue. So much cool stuff, so little attention span......

 

[macardoso]

What about trying to acid etch it? The larger surface area inside the engravings would cause it to etch faster there than the base metal. Use a very dilute solution?

 

[Weldo]

Ya know I thought about that too, etching. I even thought about sending it out to a third party for laser etching.

I saw some pretty simple vids on youtube of people etching with saltwater, a q-tip and some 9v batteries but I don't think I could make a stencil small and accurately enough for those tiny scribe lines.

Like I mentioned above, since I can set the angle with a protractor the lines on the jig itself are kinda superfluous. I still wanna try @pontiac428 suggestion of the graver. I try to grind a point on a lathe tool and test it out.

 

[Weldo]

Shout out to @pontiac428 for suggesting I try a new skill!

I had a long HSS lathe tool that I ground to sort of a graver shape.




I don't know if I would trust these marks for accuracy but it came out decently. Some of them slipped...







Thanks again pontiac428! I tried something I've never done before and I sucked at it! But you know what they say, really sucking at something is the first step to being sort of good at something!

 

[pontiac428]

@Weldo Those are decent results! Everything I've read about hand engraving says the skill comes with lots of practice.

There is some really interesting reading out there on the subject. I've put some below, but I can't find the one book/page/wax phonograph drum that has it. I remember there was a famous engraver from the 16th century who got his right hand pulled into a belt or cogwork, and mangled it into a shape perfectly suited for holding a graver tool. It's fascinating stuff, maybe because I'm so poorly suited to fine work like that.

Sam Alfano's Tips & Tricks for Hand Engravers - Cutting Straight Lines

www.igraver.com

Rio Grande

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[Weldo]

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing. I came this close to buying a lot of old graver tools on ebay last night. Learning from past over eagerness I withheld til I learn more about the tool types and characteristics.

 

[C-Bag]

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing. I came this close to buying a lot of old graver tools on ebay last night. Learning from past over eagerness I withheld til I learn more about the tool types and characteristics.

Yeah, kinda like with scraping. Nobody uses plain HSS anymore. I was also looking at those old graver sets on eBay too

 

[C-Bag]

@Weldo Those are decent results! Everything I've read about hand engraving says the skill comes with lots of practice.

There is some really interesting reading out there on the subject. I've put some below, but I can't find the one book/page/wax phonograph drum that has it. I remember there was a famous engraver from the 16th century who got his right hand pulled into a belt or cogwork, and mangled it into a shape perfectly suited for holding a graver tool. It's fascinating stuff, maybe because I'm so poorly suited to fine work like that.

Sam Alfano's Tips & Tricks for Hand Engravers - Cutting Straight Lines

www.igraver.com

Rio Grande

Rio Grande jewelry making supplies for the best in jewelry findings and gemstones, tools, jewelry supplies and equipment, and the packaging and display items essential to the success of your jewellery business since 1944. Rio Grande offers competitive pricing, excellent service, ordering...

www.riogrande.com

Woa p428! What a great resource thanks....I think. I need another obcession like I need another hole in my head. But I figure it will either point out I'm not going to have the chops for it and just appreciate it or down the rabbit hole.

 

[Weldo]

Got the taper attachment back together!

I didn't have any of the matching grey hammered paint I used on my lathe so I went with a little brown hammered left over from some other projects.




The paint's still a little soft so tomorrow I'll bolt it on and do a function check! So excite!




Oh I still have to do something about a head on the pins. Just weld on a nut I think.