So I am fairly new to engraving. I have been using hammer and chisel for about a year and I want to upgrade to to air assisted hand engraving.
I am working off a very slim budget so just going out and buying an $800 system is not an option right now. My solution is to use a pancake compressor I have as my air source, buy a foot pedal on ebay (found one for about $30), pick up the filter regulator and 2 way valve as a shutoff from a big box store and then buy a hand piece. Without the hand piece I'm looking at around a $50 start up. The hand piece from Rio grande is a little over $300 after tax which is still going to be hard but I can make it happen. Or I may make one based on a YouTube video of a diy engraving machine.
The problem I'm running into is understanding the use of a dual regulator system for the idle speed setting. Can anyone direct me to an explanation or help clear up the confusion? I'm basing my design off the Lindsay model for hooking up to an air conpressor.
Thank you in advance!
I am working off a very slim budget so just going out and buying an $800 system is not an option right now. My solution is to use a pancake compressor I have as my air source, buy a foot pedal on ebay (found one for about $30), pick up the filter regulator and 2 way valve as a shutoff from a big box store and then buy a hand piece. Without the hand piece I'm looking at around a $50 start up. The hand piece from Rio grande is a little over $300 after tax which is still going to be hard but I can make it happen. Or I may make one based on a YouTube video of a diy engraving machine.
The problem I'm running into is understanding the use of a dual regulator system for the idle speed setting. Can anyone direct me to an explanation or help clear up the confusion? I'm basing my design off the Lindsay model for hooking up to an air conpressor.
Thank you in advance!