I thought I would talk a little about engraving. I have a fair selection
of gravers, round, flat, knife, and they are some of the best wax
carving tools I have for my classes. I went to the wood shop teacher and
he had some of his students turn handles out of hard wood scraps for them, so they are pretty nice for about $6 each. But,
they are really quite difficult to use on metal. I have a fair amount of
students slip and stab themselves, so for most metal engraving I have found a
better way.
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This is a Fordom hammer hand piece, and the tips are interchangable. |
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These some of the anvil tips that I have. From the left to right, they are as follows: |
- round graver tip (I had to alter this one. I also made a finer tip graver, but it was on the tool when I took the picture of these heads. I used a sander to grind the tips)
- a great rounded bezel setting tip
- flat graver tip (also adapted)
- a flat anvil head(I don't really use this that often, but it came in the kit. If anyone thinks of a use for it, let me know)
- a high speed carbide bur (it just happened to be in there when I took the picture)
- a flat round anvil tip (very nice for setting smaller stones, in bead, box bezel, gypsy bezel, or prong sets. I also use it to mushroom rivet heads over in hard to get to places)
- a domed and polished round anvil head (great for texturing)
- a barrel anvil (I don't use this very often either)
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I use these tips to engrave with. I also have a graver's vise which is really nice, but it was here when I got hired 12 years ago, I don't know if I would buy one now, because they are upwards of $450.
If your guys have input, ideas or questions I would love to here them.
do you still teach jewelry? because I remember you trying to set up this website and then I lost track of you. . . then I ran back into this posting.
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former jewelry teacher
I do. My school website is bruinjewelry.com My personal website is bipolarartandjewely.com No one was really interested in this blog so I quit messing with it.
ReplyDeleteI have learned more about engraving since I originally posted this. I bought a foredom graver and found out that it’s not that great. The Ngraver magma-graver is cheaper and better. I’ve learned how to sharpen gravers too, but mostly I learned that YouTube is a better source than this blog ever was and specialized Facebook groups are already established and amazing resources.
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