Bulino with a Gravermeister, Any Suggestions?

[sdcoxx]

Hello Cafe members,
Today, I returned a Monarch handpeice to GRS. Apparently, NOT compatible with a Gravermeister.
I suspect many of you have used the Gravermeister. I'd appreciate any pointers or tips on engraving Bulino style with a Gravermeister.
Thanks, Stephen

 

[rhenrichs]

Stephan,
I own a Gravermeister which I got in the early 1970's. I updated it to the high speed pulse valve and got a 915 handpiece for it. Mine has in line valve which I think controls the foot control. About all you can do is to back this valve off. Bulino can be done with a Gravermeister but its tough. The Gravermeister just doesnt have the finite control needed for bulino and you're better off using hand tools.To get the precision control needed for bulino engraving I broke down and bought a Lindsay Classic AirGraver and recently got a Lindsay Artisan as a companion.

Maybe somebody else has some magic.
Roger

 

[ED DELORGE]

Hello Stephen, I have the gravermax (obselete now), but still great, and using the monarch hand piece as
Sam once said to me, you can engrave the eye lashes on a Knat. If you want to see a few pictures of things I have done in the last few years look at my web site and see the pages called germanic and martini
at www.eddelorge.com all of those sceens were done completeley with gravermax and a sharp point in my 901 hand piece. I just recently bought a monarch hand piece (have I been missing out all these years). One other thing I bought a few years ago an inline little valve from grs that allows much finer control of the handpiece. Is that ever sweet.

Good Luck

Ed DeLorge

 

[armcarve]

Stephen,
I started with a gravermeister and I loved that machine, but updated to a gravermax when got sick of all the noice. Also because I wanted to do some finer engraving and all of the cool handpieces were made for the gravermax. I now need to update my equipment again! When I do bulino work I use a 90 and a 70 degree graver with no heel. Almost all is done with no power assist. I use the monarch for the outline and fine line shading. The rest is all dots.
Amy

 

[monk]

i used a gravermeister for many years. i managed some rather dainty stuff with it. but i don't know how to do bulino, so cant answer that direct. i don't think power is actually required to do bulino, it may just make it a bit easier/faster maybe.

 

[sdcoxx]

Part of the learning curve....

Thanks Amy, like so many others before us, I love my Gravermeister. I choose it for it's portability. I actually took on our vacation, sat in our room and engraved the entire stay.

Thanks Ed, thanks for the link... The rabbit on the Martini and Ruger #1, inspiration for what is possible...

Thanks Roger, I'll play with the in-line-valve, until I convince myself to break down and upgrade my tools.

Thanks Monk, like you, I'll manage. After all they're only nickels, for now...

If only I knew 18 months ago, when I bought the Gravermeister, what I NOW know.

Part of the learning curve...