WSammut
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I am engraving a 14k rose gold band with a 90 hss to do some sculpting. My graver is chipping almost instantly (after just one small cut) almost every time and I have tried everything I can think of. I tried cutting the tip back 1/4" (on Chris Decamillis's advice) if there was a bad section, I used a completely different graver in case it was all bad, I annealed the band, I recut the graver to 100 degrees, I've tried all different face and heel angels. Nothing makes a difference. I did the same exact design in sterling as a practice and had 0 issues. What is going on and how do I stop it???
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