in sams' video on jewelry, he briefly shows a marking guage . he got the idea for this from mr ec prudhomme. anybody know what this looks like or have a foto of it ?
has anybody seen
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Jared Eason
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He showed it briefly in his lettering DVD I believe. I'm sure Sam will post a pic when he reads this post. And maybe a how too. Wink wink
Donny
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I will send this to the top to give Sam a better shot at seeing it 
Donny
Donny
well, if i can see it--i'll not need a "how to" i'll just make one like it. that's unless there's patent numbers on it. if there's a number, good lord, your honor, i surely didn't see that tiny little number on it !
My apologies monkeyman. I told you I'd photograph this and it slipped my mind.
I made it from 1/8" oil hardening stock, but it's not been hardened. The brass slide is a 1/8" piece of brass with a thin piece wrapped around it to produce the square hole, and then silver soldered. The pin is just a piece of brass with a slight radius instead of a needle point. On the opposite end there's a piece of brass with the ends peended to keep it from sliding off. As you can see, it's about 6" long.
I made it from 1/8" oil hardening stock, but it's not been hardened. The brass slide is a 1/8" piece of brass with a thin piece wrapped around it to produce the square hole, and then silver soldered. The pin is just a piece of brass with a slight radius instead of a needle point. On the opposite end there's a piece of brass with the ends peended to keep it from sliding off. As you can see, it's about 6" long.
Eugene Carkoski
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I made one of those, before the internet must have got the idea from a book.
Southtexas
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page 108, The Jewelry Engravers Manual, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. Originally published in 1954. Just proves that good tool design has staying power. <grin>
Cliff
Cliff
ah, thank you very much sam. i like making things like this and am always looking at old stuff to get ideas. i have 4 or 5 store bought ones-- not worth a hoot in you know where. i just may use a chunk of copper or maybe silver to do one. thanks again.
I think I have that book somewhere. I'll have to look that up. I'll bet that's where Prudhomme got the idea.
It does what it's supposed to do monk. Not finely made or super precise but it's worked for me for a lotta years.
Marrinan
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Ray Cover has built a real nice one. Had it at the engrave-in
What locks the slide in place?
RDP
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After watching Sam's lettering video,I remembered I had an old compass set that I bought at a sale, and made mine from the extension arm of it, you can get new ones but this is made of brass instead of plastic, I also machined a graduated scale to it, just for something to do, the good thing is you can lock it in place with the thumb screw, the brass plate on it is a bit of an overkill and was not really necessary,
cheers,
Richard.
I also machined a graduated scale to it, just for something to do, the good thing is you can lock it in place with the thumb screw, the brass plate on it is a bit of an overkill and was not really necessary, cheers,
Richard.
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RDP
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Before that I made one from 1/8'' round steel filed flat on top, with a machined brass slider with a grub screw to stop it from turning, and a softer copper scriber
Richard.
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thanks everybody. now, maybe i'll make more than i type !
devonsaunders
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I've made a few with modifications I recommend making the point from 1.8mm round carbide and grinding a flat side so it can be set right to 0.mm. polish the tip so it leaves a mark rather than a scratch.
Southtexas
Elite Cafe Member
And I went the opposite direction... The Jewelry Engravers Manual called for 'pegwood' so I used a bit of bamboo skewer. Seems to work fine and doesn't scratch.
Cliff
leo
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hey guys if u don't want to make your own lee valley tools sells them in all different shape and size just go to www.leevalley.com go to online catalog and its page 4 and 5
Those Lee Valley gauges are nice. I ordered the brass one. Thanks for the heads-up 
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