dani girl: grs makes a "contour vise". it fits the block. is made to hold knives, watches and such. they aren't really that pricey, and eliminate the need for glue, thermoloc, etc. it's shown on the grs site.
I had a conversation with another engraver about thermoloc recently and we agreed that the stuff can act like a trampoline if you don't pay attention to how you make your fixture. The wood fixture is great but a steel fixture would cut vibration even more when fixturing with this stuff.
Layne
i read her question as needing to deal with the radius of the curvature rounding over the sides of the knife, not the curves of its outline or 'silhouette'. the GRS fixture is fine for handing pieces with a curved outline, but aren't made to rotate in the vise jaws.
dani: hot melt is very good for certain holding situations. quite easy to remove-- a few drops of isopropyl alcohol will readily loosen it. not sure if the isopropyl would damage the wood. i like the hot melt for flats like pendants, coins, and medallions.Ok. So wood fixture with blue painters tape and thermoloc Vs wood with hot glue.
I apologize if I seem to be asking stupid questions but I really don't want to damage the knife this guy has put so many hours into building.
Thermo lock you just heat with a craft heat gun... hot glue.... how do you work with that... how do you get it off the piece. Would it damage the wood?
6 odd hrs in and have this tone show :thinking: