[RussJ]

G'day to everyone, from Australia
I have been interested in engraving since I purchased Meeks "The art of Engraving" 25 years ago, unfortunately or perhaps fortunately I went the way of pantograph and later computer engaving and made a living from this business up until 3 years ago, when I sold the business.
My interest has been rekindled and I would like to learn the art of hand engraving, I was initailly looking at buying a competitors' air engraver, once I found this site and read the glowing reports, saw the simplicity of the Lindsay engravers, I've lost enthusiasm for the former.
As much as I would like to, my budget wont stand a trip to the US to particpate in a class, and I dont believe there are any hand engravers in our area (about half way between Melbourne and Sydney), to learn from, so to my questions, are DVD's and books the way to go? which equipment I should purchase initially?

I would love to hear your comments and suggestions, from beginners and experienced alike on how I should go learning this art.


Best regards Russ