Full Version: Best cutter for general purpose
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#6]
25 Mar 2007
To: Mike (SPACE_ENGRAVERS) [#5] 25 Mar 2007
Here's some information for you to digest. :-)
http://www.antaresinc.net/2004EngFact.html
From: Andrew [#7]
26 Mar 2007
To: Mike (SPACE_ENGRAVERS) [#5] 30 Mar 2007
If you have a good selection of engraving fonts, you can reduce the amount of cutters you will initially need. When I started out I had about 4 cutter sizes and by selecting a single line, 3 line or 5 line version of the same font, allowed me to engrave quite a good span of engraving sizes. Also if your software allows use of truetype fonts you can use these and create a fill. Downside of not having a good selection is that your engraving time will increase as will cutter wear (often dramatically).
There are some resources about such as "The Engravers bible" by Rich Zydonik which is a basic guide to Mechanical engraving. I bought a copy recently - it would of been really useful to me about 2 years ago - now with knowledge gained through experience it still has some useful info. I believe there is also a DVD/Video available.
Regards
Andrew
EDITED: 26 Mar 2007 by ANDREW
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#8]
26 Mar 2007
To: Mike (SPACE_ENGRAVERS) [#5] 30 Mar 2007
From: UncleSteve [#9]
26 Mar 2007
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#8] 26 Mar 2007
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if David gets HIS little ducklings in a row, that is.... (devil)