j.c.
12-03-2006, 02:02 PM
As many of you know, I received the new updated palm control from Steve.
I have since been putting it through its paces.
I engrave at very shallow depths and much smaller line lengths compared with most of you. In fact I see that you are all asking and waiting with anticipation for the heavier tungsten hammer for the palm control. :yesnod:
I have no complaints and nothing but good to say about the palm control or the foot control model for that matter. I had been using Steve’s chasers hammer for the past couple of years since riding myself of the old spring drive tools that I used previously, until I received the palm control. I am afraid I have not turned the chasers hammer back on. :coolgleamA:
Back to the hammers, I was using a steel hammer that comes with the unit, but had Steve drill out some of the hammer to lighten it up before he sent it. It worked well that way but still found myself wanting lighter taps even with the control ring shut completely off and barely pressing on the handle.
So back to Steve to beg him to come up with an even lighter hammer for me. I think he thought I was crazy. :willy_nilly: He did however after some thought to the matter come up with a titanium hammer that has turned out to be just the ticket I was after.
To achieve the same cut I was getting with the modified steel hammer with the adjusting ring completely shut,…now using the titanium,… I open the adjusting ring to where the first hole in the body just starts to show. This allows me a much greater range of light taps down to when the control ring is completely shut and barely pushing I can engrave very controlled cuts at a depth of almost a “scratch”.
If I do decide to engrave something where “heavy” cuts would be required, I can simply take the handle off the palm control, dump out the titanium hammer and replace it with the steel one, a matter of seconds to replace. If I ever decide I want to engrave the driveway,,,well guess I to will have to wait on the tungsten! :yesnod:
Hats off to a wonderful gentleman and wizard in the design/ machine shop. Not to mention his willingness to help meet my needs for this extremely versatile tool. :cheers2: No other company I am aware of will go this extra mile in designing something that was not offered as “original” equipment, just to make a “full bubble off” customer happy!!!
j.c.
I have since been putting it through its paces.
I engrave at very shallow depths and much smaller line lengths compared with most of you. In fact I see that you are all asking and waiting with anticipation for the heavier tungsten hammer for the palm control. :yesnod:
I have no complaints and nothing but good to say about the palm control or the foot control model for that matter. I had been using Steve’s chasers hammer for the past couple of years since riding myself of the old spring drive tools that I used previously, until I received the palm control. I am afraid I have not turned the chasers hammer back on. :coolgleamA:
Back to the hammers, I was using a steel hammer that comes with the unit, but had Steve drill out some of the hammer to lighten it up before he sent it. It worked well that way but still found myself wanting lighter taps even with the control ring shut completely off and barely pressing on the handle.
So back to Steve to beg him to come up with an even lighter hammer for me. I think he thought I was crazy. :willy_nilly: He did however after some thought to the matter come up with a titanium hammer that has turned out to be just the ticket I was after.
To achieve the same cut I was getting with the modified steel hammer with the adjusting ring completely shut,…now using the titanium,… I open the adjusting ring to where the first hole in the body just starts to show. This allows me a much greater range of light taps down to when the control ring is completely shut and barely pushing I can engrave very controlled cuts at a depth of almost a “scratch”.
If I do decide to engrave something where “heavy” cuts would be required, I can simply take the handle off the palm control, dump out the titanium hammer and replace it with the steel one, a matter of seconds to replace. If I ever decide I want to engrave the driveway,,,well guess I to will have to wait on the tungsten! :yesnod:
Hats off to a wonderful gentleman and wizard in the design/ machine shop. Not to mention his willingness to help meet my needs for this extremely versatile tool. :cheers2: No other company I am aware of will go this extra mile in designing something that was not offered as “original” equipment, just to make a “full bubble off” customer happy!!!
j.c.