deazyner
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For all you watch engravers out there, I am wondering what is your graver geometry of choice? I would like to give it a shot in the near future and would like a starting point. Thanks,
Keith
Keith
sakes alive !! that really narrows the choice by quite a lot !That’s really simple to answer
90, 105, 110, 120 heels and no heel. Parallel heel, normal heel and Lindsay heel…………..45 to 55 degree face and sometimes a 60. GRS C-Max, Glensteel, Lindsay Gravers, Tira Mitchell gravers and whoever else sells them.
GRS Dual angle sharpener, Easygraver fixtures, Lindsay fixtures, Tira fixtures and no fixtures, just by hand.
They are all used cutting watches.
There’s no starting point, right or wrong………..it all depends on the metal being engraved. Most watches are 316L stainless and that can vary considerably. Rolex metal is in a league of it’s own. Some watches are a pleasure to cut and others are downright miserable.
It also depends on what you are trying to achieve. Wide bold cuts, narrow cuts. Often the complexity of the design dictates the width of the graver because watches are small areas to work on and you can cram a lot of detail into them.
Pick the graver you are familiar with and use that one as a starting point.
So as you can see……….the answer is very simple
Cheers
Andrew
sakes alive !! that really narrows the choice by quite a lot !
Yep!!!! It certainly does.
I've used most of them and settled on the 105 and 120 round 1.8 C-Max carbide sharpened in the Easygraver fixtures. But I know engravers that use different combinations of all of the above. So it's just a matter of personal preference.
The thing is that people get hung up on what geometry? What gravers? what tools? what this? what that? etc etc, etc. When none of that is important because they all work.
What is important is to chuck something in the vise and go hard on it. Make the mistakes, learn from the experience and figure out what works for them and what doesn't. Nothing beats hands on personal experience.
Cheers
Andrew