Coin engraving

[Steve223]

Ok guys and ladys lookin at your coin engraving and carveing has given me the bug i have some 1 oz sliver rounds i am thinkin about doing some engraving on. And my first question of what im sure will be many is how do you get rid of whats allready cast in the coin?

 

[Billzach]

The way i remove the excess material is, #1.. if i,ve a lot of material to remove i use my flexshaft, but be very careful not to cut dips, cutting dips or deep grooves is a no-no in carving coins....#2 ..I use my gravermax with my monarch handpiece with a flat graver..#3..i use my hand push flat gravers #42 and #37...I almost never use my flexshaft to remove excess material except on a silver dollar or half dollar..On pennies, nickels and quarters i use my hand push gravers 75% of the time to remove excess material...But if you ask 5 coin carvers, all 5 will probably give you a different answer, we develop our own way of carving after a few years.

 

[sdcoxx]

Hello, Steve223
I have found that 1"x 1/4 unitized wheel or a knife-edge cratex wheel removes the excess material and provides a nice surface for my artwork transfer.
Stephen

 

[Degs]

For roughing out and removing excess, I've started to use a #39 flat with a very slight radius across the heal, very slight, works like a gouge, don't know the mechanics behind it, but it cuts really fast and clean, seems to hold it's edge longer too. The rest is a combination of flats etc, hand push and magnum with the gravermach.

 

[Steve223]

Thanks a bunch for the help i really appercaite it!!
Steve

 

[coincutter]

if you are really good at design work your now image into the existing mass of the coin
its much harder to do but looks good as you hold the height