KCSteve
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
The particular angles for a graver are simple to find / figure out, but for many gravers the procedure for creating it can be... interesting.
Simple square gravers are easy enough - grind the belly to form your angle, flip it over and grind the face. Maybe reduce the top to make the face smaller, then do the heels and you're done.
Turning a blank into a flat's not that hard - pretty much just thin it from the sides to the size you want and put on a face.
But as you get into more interesting shapes it gets trickier to know not just how the graver is finally formed but the sequence of operations you have to go to in order to end up with the final product.
A little booklet with simple line drawings showing how to form the graver and then a few pages of angle combinations would be a wonderful thing to keep around, I would think.
Simple square gravers are easy enough - grind the belly to form your angle, flip it over and grind the face. Maybe reduce the top to make the face smaller, then do the heels and you're done.
Turning a blank into a flat's not that hard - pretty much just thin it from the sides to the size you want and put on a face.
But as you get into more interesting shapes it gets trickier to know not just how the graver is finally formed but the sequence of operations you have to go to in order to end up with the final product.
A little booklet with simple line drawings showing how to form the graver and then a few pages of angle combinations would be a wonderful thing to keep around, I would think.