leschowe
Elite Cafe Member
I am confused as to which direction to roll the graver in a curved cut, in or
out.
In the GRS class, I think, we were told to always roll the garver to the
outside of the curve. In other words, always lean in the opposite direction that
you would lean a bicycle in a turn. I am not exactly sure that I remember what
the technical reason was for this but I think that it had something to do with
not tearing up one of the edges in the channel.
In reading Sam's tutorial entitled "Beveling Cuts", he suggests that the
graver should be rolled to the "inside of the design". This would cause the
graver to be sometimes rolled into the curve and sometimes rolled out of the
curve. I like the looks of this approach, but is there a technical issue here
for the novice that I should be aware of?
The reason that I bring this up is that in all of my practice plates I have
been VERY careful to ALWAYS role the graver to the OUTSIDE of any curve that I
was cutting, even a scroll. Now I'm thinking that I must have misunderstood
something in the class.
I would certainly appreciate it if Sam or anyone else could expand on the
pros and cons of rolling the garver in or out of the curve or the design.
Les Schowe
out.
In the GRS class, I think, we were told to always roll the garver to the
outside of the curve. In other words, always lean in the opposite direction that
you would lean a bicycle in a turn. I am not exactly sure that I remember what
the technical reason was for this but I think that it had something to do with
not tearing up one of the edges in the channel.
In reading Sam's tutorial entitled "Beveling Cuts", he suggests that the
graver should be rolled to the "inside of the design". This would cause the
graver to be sometimes rolled into the curve and sometimes rolled out of the
curve. I like the looks of this approach, but is there a technical issue here
for the novice that I should be aware of?
The reason that I bring this up is that in all of my practice plates I have
been VERY careful to ALWAYS role the graver to the OUTSIDE of any curve that I
was cutting, even a scroll. Now I'm thinking that I must have misunderstood
something in the class.
I would certainly appreciate it if Sam or anyone else could expand on the
pros and cons of rolling the garver in or out of the curve or the design.
Les Schowe