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    Need some guidance

    I found the cause of the slipping, apparently I've been lifting my elbow off the table mid-cut to get more force and unintentionally causing the slip.
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    Need some guidance

    Made a turn table for my practice plates until I can justify something nicer. Its a furniture leg from Home Depot resting in a hole drilled in a scrap piece of wood. I sanded everything down and also put a few pieces of paper under it and taped the edges for comfort. Its a piece of printer...
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    Need some guidance

    Its a bit of a hike for me, but I might be able to make. When is it?
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    I'm doing everything free hand, I found that an allen key worked better than a square blank rest the graver against as an angle reference. I made some semi-usable examples out of a punch set before I ordered a few blanks just to see if its for me.
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    Need some guidance

    Nope, my bank account doesn't allow me to be that eccentric.
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    Need some guidance

    Kissimmee
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    Huh?
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    Need some guidance

    Prescott is beautiful, if you haven't already take a weekend and go to slide rock and Gerome! I'm in Central FL.
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    Need some guidance

    Here was my progress for the evening. I think I got a useable tip on the graver after some polishing, I am getting ragged edges on my curved cuts still.
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    Need some guidance

    I ended up rigging a handle up by putting the graver into a pen style carbide scribe and cutting it down to length then drilling out the small graver handle to fit it. Its not perfect, but it allowed me to get the angle right while pushing. I was definitely pushing too hard and at the wrong...
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    Need some guidance

    Thanks! I figured that was the issue but wanted to be sure. So these blanks are for the air graver style, but could be used with the GRS quick change handles for push graving? Any other tips for a beginner?
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    Need some guidance

    Aspiring hobbyist here. I wanted to dip my toe in the water to see if this is something I'm interested in pursuing. I purchased a couple of GRS blanks, some stones I saw recommended online and a basic rosewood handle of Amazon. I think I may have ordered the wrong size handle, blank or...
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