Christian DeCamillis
Elite Cafe Member
I wrote on this subject as a response to another thread about hand push with the 105degree graver. I decided to start it as a new thread because it's worth exploring.
I think that a longer heel is better that a short one for several reasons. Since a picture is worth a thousand words then a video should be worth 10,000 so instead of writing for an hour I have put these links to some video blogs I did some time back.
Here are some links to video blogs I made some time ago on my site. It is part of the basic lessons that are there. For any beginners that are interested there is a complete basic engraving class there which you can follow for free. It involves watching these short video blogs along with downloads that can be used located on the documents page to transfer to follow along with the remonstrations of the blogs.
These first ones cover the heel and what it does as well s why I think a longer heel is better.
http://www.engraversstudio.com/apps/...?id=86c8304ed0
http://http://www.engraversstudio.com/apps/vblog/Video/View.aspx?id=eaa7deda9e
http://http://www.engraversstudio.com/apps/vblog/Video/View.aspx?id=449ec0f928
The last two have a demo. They are only 3 minutes each.
I think that a longer heel is better that a short one for several reasons. Since a picture is worth a thousand words then a video should be worth 10,000 so instead of writing for an hour I have put these links to some video blogs I did some time back.
Here are some links to video blogs I made some time ago on my site. It is part of the basic lessons that are there. For any beginners that are interested there is a complete basic engraving class there which you can follow for free. It involves watching these short video blogs along with downloads that can be used located on the documents page to transfer to follow along with the remonstrations of the blogs.
These first ones cover the heel and what it does as well s why I think a longer heel is better.
http://www.engraversstudio.com/apps/...?id=86c8304ed0
http://http://www.engraversstudio.com/apps/vblog/Video/View.aspx?id=eaa7deda9e
http://http://www.engraversstudio.com/apps/vblog/Video/View.aspx?id=449ec0f928
The last two have a demo. They are only 3 minutes each.
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