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Hi you'all
I'm very new to engraving. I've fiddled a bit, read a lot, and bought what I think is a reasonable beginner's set of stuff: a Graversmith, a GRS power hone with dual angle fixture, a standard GRS graver's ball and a bunch of QC gravers including 90, 105 and 120 square gravers.
I figured out how to sharpen and heel the gravers thanks to my equipment and some very good online literature.
But almost always when I begin to engrave a straight line (using copper practice plates) my graver gets bogged down, graves too deeply and ends up like a snow plow trying to push copper. If I try a much lighter touch and lower graver angle, the graver gets started and then just doesn't move.
I've tuned my GRS 901 handpiece, resharpened and heeled the gravers, and checked that all my air pressures are correct.
What am I doing wrong? It looks so easy to do in the beginner's videos.
Help!
Michael
I'm very new to engraving. I've fiddled a bit, read a lot, and bought what I think is a reasonable beginner's set of stuff: a Graversmith, a GRS power hone with dual angle fixture, a standard GRS graver's ball and a bunch of QC gravers including 90, 105 and 120 square gravers.
I figured out how to sharpen and heel the gravers thanks to my equipment and some very good online literature.
But almost always when I begin to engrave a straight line (using copper practice plates) my graver gets bogged down, graves too deeply and ends up like a snow plow trying to push copper. If I try a much lighter touch and lower graver angle, the graver gets started and then just doesn't move.
I've tuned my GRS 901 handpiece, resharpened and heeled the gravers, and checked that all my air pressures are correct.
What am I doing wrong? It looks so easy to do in the beginner's videos.
Help!
Michael