Re: Lettering Engraving-Shaded line, need help.
Zernike
This Wow you speak of
the rolling of the vise and the hand and graver is what I have been trying to teach people is a necessity for carving and expressive cuts especially on lettering and dimensional images. I think if you move to a heavier vise you will gain stability but past 19lbs they get hard to move quickly and you will loose spontinaity and get the mechanical look.
Each has his own style. When you cut lettering the tool has to be somewhat proportional to the type. Wider lines call for wider gravers or more cuts with narrow ones. It all depends whats in your tool box!!
The flats of old were not the flats of today. They were more of a knife style blade. Flat bottom High V sides. Sharp all the way around. You can really lay them over.
can you do a close up drawing of the shape of your flat graver and email it to me or post it here
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