Dani Girl
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
What are your favorite graver steels to use for what jobs? (you can also share how you sharpen/finish/use them)
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What graver steels do you like to use for working in titanium or stainless steel.
What steels do you use for really small points and undercutting gravers for inlay?
Carbide in gold, that's a good tip. Thanks. Lubricating with tap magic or some oil handy would help with gold not sticking too?
Sometimes I still have trouble with heel drag on tight curves. Does it help to have a longer heel or something else?
I do like M42 for lots of work, in stainless steel or brass etc. Carbide is my go to for just about everything though. Cmax doesn't chip out as easily as Lindsay's carbides but they're heaps shorter so you get as much life out of eitherl. Flats and 116 degree V's do just about everything on my bench.
Can anyone explain this... when I was cutting tiny tight scrolls on a sterling silver pendant using a 116 degree V graver I was having serious heel drag issues. I took the point out and swapped for another 116 which had massive heels on it fully expecting it to be worse but I had to try something... worked a charm. That just doesn't make any sense does it?
Dani,
This is just a guess. You may have unconsciously made a change in your technique that resolved the heel drag problem because you expected the issue to be worse with the longer heel.
I know it doesn't help you figure out the issue, just my guess.
As others have stated in other threads -- keeping your elbow up and rolling into the curve solves a lot of heel drag problems.
Best regards,
Thanks JohnB
The only line I didn't quite follow was this...
For power undercutting or crosshatch burs I use the same tool but flatten the radius on one side on the 600 diamond lap wheel.??