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    Big air

    Thank you . With what Im piping in I will have plenty of air. I guess my question was is it advantageous to the performance and longevity of my engraving equipment to be on an isolated air source, or is air just air and pipe it into my industrial setup?
  2. J

    Big air

    Thank you . Sound advice that gives me options.
  3. J

    Big air

    Greetings from west by god. I’m a knifemaker and beginner engraver. I’m upgrading my air system in my shop to a 60 gallon compressor with a 60 gallon reserve tank. I’m going to be piping air through out my shop. Right now I run my engraving setup on a small quiet compressor. But also at that...
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    Lil help please

    What kind of oil do you suggest. Reason for asking is I have Molly d and tap magic. I use both when drilling and tapping . Titanium is hard but when I drill it’s like sticky or gummy for lack of better word. What you say makes perfect sense. Also you your the second person about dubbing tip...
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    Lil help please

    Thank you . I know titanium work hardens. I have many broken taps to prove so. I actually looked into annealing but it’s a ridiculously complex process. I got a carbalt graver with my classic. I’ll try that. Carbide is definitely hard enough. , but from working with different tooling it can be...
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    Lil help please

    What kind of graver to engrave grade 5 titanium. I’m new to this ( like an hour or so an evening for the past month. Eventually I’d like to be able to engrave titanium. Carbide, hss, or other. As a knife maker I have plenty of scraps. And like to give it a try sooner than later . Thanks in advance

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