First Attempts

[Oscar]

hello everyone, this is my first post after hanging arround for some time, just got my classic a couple of weeks ago (incredible tool!!!) and I wanted to share my first practice plates and attempts at engraving. I know i still need allot of practice, I hope to be able to attend some clases next time I am in the US but probabbly won't be until next year. So please go ahead and give me your sencere commets, anithing i can learn from you will be welcome.

Tried to engrave something with the Cobalt Gravers on a hardened blade but keep breaking the points, any tips on how to do this without softening the blade again? thought about making the graver tips less delicate and using a shorter stroke setting to minimize the abuse, but will probably go real slow.....

Saludos From Mexico
Oscar Morales

[SEngraver]

Originally Posted by Oscar

hello everyone, this is my first post after hanging arround for some time, just got my classic a couple of weeks ago (incredible tool!!!) and I wanted to share my first practice plates and attempts at engraving. I know i still need allot of practice, I hope to be able to attend some clases next time I am in the US but probabbly won't be until next year. So please go ahead and give me your sencere commets, anithing i can learn from you will be welcome.

Tried to engrave something with the Cobalt Gravers on a hardened blade but keep breaking the points, any tips on how to do this without softening the blade again? thought about making the graver tips less delicate and using a shorter stroke setting to minimize the abuse, but will probably go real slow.....

Saludos From Mexico
Oscar Morales

Hi Oscar,

Welcome to the Engraving Forunm.You have done good work there and I must say you made a very good choice in acquiring the Classic airgraver.

It is always advisable to anneal what you wish to engrave then harden it.
Point breakage is a well discussed topic on the forum,if you go to the 'search' button on the top and do a search on any topic you will always find plenty to read.

In this case on point breakage;

http://www.engravingforum.com/search...earchid=256288

http://www.engravingforum.com/search...earchid=256290

Plenty to read for you there on point breakage on those links!

The chart on this link is very handy to know ;

http://www.airgraver.com/graver-blanks.htm

All the best for the future.Safe journey
SE

[hand e dave]

Oscar, do yourself a favour and start engraving softer metals, such as copper or brass. Learn on the softer metals, then progress your way to steels. It takes awhile, but after time, things will fall into place. Best wishes Oscar, and remember that nobody ever picked up a graver and started engraving perfect scrolls.

[Herpolsheimer]

Good first attempt. Keep the graver and the pedal in the metal.

[mrthe]

Bienvenido al foro Oscar!

[Ron Spokovich]

Although your knife blades might be too hard even for carbide, you may want to try what Ray Viramontez suggested to me, and that is to stone a very small flat on the sharpened edges of the carbide tool. Also, do the fronts, almost microsized hones. To remove the burr from HSS steel gravers, stab them into a piece of pine, like Bruce Beebe does. As a Journeyman Machinist, tool geometry is everything, nearly, and probably the hardest gun cylinder you'd want to tackle, with carbide, is from a Ruger Single Six.