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  1. Mike Dubber

    The "Tombstone Trio"

    I have been working on a set of three Custom Shop Single Actions over the past 6 months or so - with a considerable amount of work yet to do. These are 2nd Generation .45's and they are set up with 4 3/4", 5 1/2" and 7 1/2" barrels. They have consecutive serial numbers and are fitted with...
  2. Mike Dubber

    Millgrain tool for steel???

    Yes
  3. Mike Dubber

    Millgrain tool for steel???

    I have a class scheduled at the Marc Adams School in Indianapolis, IN in October. Also condidering a Colt class in Houston in November.
  4. Mike Dubber

    Millgrain tool for steel???

    Otto Frei and Rio Grande both have Millgraine tools - on every millgraine tool I've ever had the country of origin is listed as France...so, even though my Otto Frei tools say "of Switzerland", it's likely a product of France ??? If you look at the ASICSA packet it has "Origin: FR" in the top...
  5. Mike Dubber

    Millgrain tool for steel???

    I work back-and-forth as you suggested - it's easier for me to control the wheel that way...and without doing so on a curved line, it is even more difficult. Millgraine is a slow and calculated engraving skill to be developed. Anyone who I have ever watched cutting millgraine does it slowly...
  6. Mike Dubber

    Millgrain tool for steel???

    I use the traditional jewelers Millgraine Wheels on firerams. Case-in-point are three SAA Ejector Rod Housings from a set of three Colts that I have in from the Custom Shop. These are to be Exhibition Grade, so I want to add as much decorative work as possible. The three attached photos are of...
  7. Mike Dubber

    Bulldozer

    Yes indeed, it's a simple and inexpensive tool - I can't imagine why anyone who engraves hard metal wouldn't have a Bulldozer Sharpening Jig on their bench.
  8. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    One of the first things I was taught in jelwery school was that there were no substitutes for Ruby Stones. I have one in my jewlery bench and one at both of my engraving benches...they have all been with me since the late 60's.
  9. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    I do recall Frank's seminar and what he said about sharpening...dubbing was an after-thought of his demonstration. He gave a a quick sharpening demo during the first FEGA Seminar - this was 1984 +- and many years before the advent of any manufactured sharpening device. Like most engravers of...
  10. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    Yes Marty, but we are relics of the art. The 105 is finding favor with lots of folks, it's a good medium V graver with lots of good attributes. Still, when I really need to get into really hard and resistant metals, the 120 is my go-to graver....and dubbing makes it even better.
  11. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    Dubbing is not graver geometry specific, it works (stengthens the cutting point) on all V and onglette shaped gravers.
  12. Mike Dubber

    Bulldozer

    It's a commercial sharpening guide for grinding/forming the dubbed face. I don't sell the Otto Carter Bulldozer Fixture, but I use it - look it up for yourself.
  13. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    I recently had to engrave a Model 70m Winchester action for a John Bolliger Custom .470. I really had a great opportunity to test traditional dubbing to the Bulldozer. The differences were dramatic in the way the Bulldozer cut the kind of deep lines and gold inlay channels I needed in the...
  14. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    It's a very precise and delicate little operation - Frank Hendricks talked about it when he presented the very first FEGA Seminar back in 1984. He was taught to "dub" his point by the Germans. Yes, "dubbing" is a strange term, but so was "Speitzer." That's what he called his graver...
  15. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    Because of the way this special "Bulldozer" geometry strengthens the graver. Bulldozer is the term phrased by its creator, Otto Carter. It's a simple but enlightening expansion on the old practice of "dubbing" the point. As I described earlier, the entire cutting edge (at the face) of the...
  16. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    It is a sharpening method that creates a "dubbed" cutting plane along the full length of the face.
  17. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    Yes, although there are some differences in the hardness for the stainless and blued steel models, the loading gates and hammers are really hard to work on either. I use Otto Carter's "Bulldozer" sharpening jig for all these hard parts - it helps a lot!
  18. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    These fixtures will work for some of the Vacquero parts: the frames, the barrel, the ejector tube, the hammer and the screws. They will not hold the Vacquero trigger guard and backstrap. The issue is that the Colt is built with separate trigger guards and backstraps - the Vacquero is a one...
  19. Mike Dubber

    SAA Work Holding Question

    I worked directly with GRS to design the set of Colt SAA Fixtures that they manufacture and market. These are a result of many years of experimentation with the available fixtures starting in about 1975 - some of which are show in this thread. There were several individuals making and/or...
  20. Mike Dubber

    Question: 901 air tac handpiece modification

    I have been using my 901 as came from the GRS Shop in about 2002. DJ Glaser brought his 901 trial model to the FEGA Show at the Silver Legacy in Reno, NV to show us his new ideas about hand pieces - it was unlike anything we had seen before. I placed my order - and many others did as well -...

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