I know you guys say there is no such thing as a dumb question but I think this one is. I am going to ask anyway.
As you know I use the hammer and chisel. As I am cutting a little curl of metal comes off the metal and somethimes becomes a spring that is 4 or 5 curls long. It blocks my view of the line I am cutting. I don't know if this happens when using other methods or if I am sharpening wrong or what but I keep getting off the line because of it and then my line is not smooth. Is there a way to sharpen that makes the graver have a chip breaker or something? If I lift the chip out then my line is not smooth either. Is this something I just need to learn to work around. Mack
By the way. I have learned not to use your finger to remove them. Prickly little things arent they.
As you know I use the hammer and chisel. As I am cutting a little curl of metal comes off the metal and somethimes becomes a spring that is 4 or 5 curls long. It blocks my view of the line I am cutting. I don't know if this happens when using other methods or if I am sharpening wrong or what but I keep getting off the line because of it and then my line is not smooth. Is there a way to sharpen that makes the graver have a chip breaker or something? If I lift the chip out then my line is not smooth either. Is this something I just need to learn to work around. Mack
By the way. I have learned not to use your finger to remove them. Prickly little things arent they.