hello engraver friends,
When I needed some gravers blanks I was browsing the internet for alternatives for my Lindsay palm control. I found some round carbide blanks 3/32 x 3 inch long for under $5. But the problem was how can I index them to use in my Lindsay template? When I was sheduling an engraving lessone with engraving instructor JJ Roberts from Virginia I asked him and he said bring some blanks when you come next time. Today I went for my lesson. We went to a hardware store to buy 3/32 square brass tubing, Stock Nr. 8150 from K&S engineering. After we went back to JJ's Studio we took a round blank, cut it in the middle and than ground one on end that it would fit inside the squere brass tube. It worked very well and the squere fit perfect in the sharpening template. Than we sharpened the blank and tested it. I worked very well.
Happy engraving wishes you Bernie
When I needed some gravers blanks I was browsing the internet for alternatives for my Lindsay palm control. I found some round carbide blanks 3/32 x 3 inch long for under $5. But the problem was how can I index them to use in my Lindsay template? When I was sheduling an engraving lessone with engraving instructor JJ Roberts from Virginia I asked him and he said bring some blanks when you come next time. Today I went for my lesson. We went to a hardware store to buy 3/32 square brass tubing, Stock Nr. 8150 from K&S engineering. After we went back to JJ's Studio we took a round blank, cut it in the middle and than ground one on end that it would fit inside the squere brass tube. It worked very well and the squere fit perfect in the sharpening template. Than we sharpened the blank and tested it. I worked very well.
Happy engraving wishes you Bernie