Full Version: Dead or Alive, Diamonds can be your Best Friend (Sticky)
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#5]
21 May 2004
To: Cindy (CINDYM) [#4] 24 May 2004
On acrylic it may pay to turn down the spindle speed to reduce the heat produced.
Also when burnishing acrylic, a coolant will help a lot.
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#6]
22 May 2004
To: Cindy (CINDYM) [#4] 24 May 2004
Cindy,
It's funny. Sometimes, when I'm engraving for Nordstrom, I'll have to engrave a stainless steel watch back. Occasionally, the customers are watching.
I'll tell the customer that I'm going to change to a "Special" cutter.
What I don't tell them is, I don't want to decrease the lifespan of my newer cutters and I'm using a "dead" cutter.
Still get great results on the watch backs. :-)
David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA
From: GBengraver [#7]
1 Nov 2004
To: Cindy (CINDYM) [#4] Unread
Hi,
I didn't realize you could use diamond burnishers on acrylic.
Do you mean sheet stock or acrylic award pieces (3/4")?
Thanks.
From: Andrew [#8]
25 Jan 2007
To: ALL
I use faceted diamonds a lot to mark stainless steel. I have been looking around for someone to relap these as they do dull quite quickly because of the material.
I have found one company who can do this for me. The price quoted is about 40% of the cost of a new diamond.
In your experience will relapping a diamond be just as good as a new one? Any ideas on how many times these can be relapped.
Thanks in advance for any advice
Andrew
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#9]
26 Jan 2007
To: Andrew [#8] 26 Jan 2007
I think Bruce Diamond does relaps.
The only problem with relapping is if it is a big bit like .040. It may not have enough diamond to relap. Just tell them, in advance, to relap to the largest possible size, or maybe .030 if it gets too small.
I used to use Mitchell Tool, a resharpening service that also sold Bruce Diamond bits. He is out of business for a few years, unfortunately.
From: Andrew [#10]
26 Jan 2007
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#9] 26 Jan 2007
Thanks Harvey
I am in the UK and have so far only found one company who may be able to help. I will give them a go with one of my 'deads' to see. it will be a good saving over the course of a year if it works for me.
From: cadman (MGDESIGNS) [#11]
26 Jan 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#1] 26 Jan 2007
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#12]
26 Jan 2007
To: cadman (MGDESIGNS) [#11] 26 Jan 2007
Judging by your profile, you're one of the younger hand engravers. :-)
Thank you for the input.
Is there a web site, or photos, where we can see examples of your work?
EDITED: 26 Jan 2007 by DGL
From: AL (SUBLIAL) [#13]
26 Jan 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#12] 27 Jan 2007
David, Being a hand engraver myself I went to his profile immediately for the same reason you did. I was one of the youngest in N.J. except for one fellow I taught and he ended up at the US Mint.
I am going on 69 years young.
AL La Costa
www.atttransfer.com
1-866-900-2830
From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#14]
27 Jan 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#12] 27 Jan 2007
David Takes
Expressions Engraved
http://www.expressionsengraved.com
EDITED: 7 Aug 2010 by DATAKES
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#15]
27 Jan 2007
To: AL (SUBLIAL) [#13] 27 Jan 2007
Do you remember Richardson's. They were active in the awards industry and introduced the use of calligraphic tips, on computerized engraving systems, which imitated hand-engraved calligraphy on metal.
They also had a correspondence course in hand engraving.
I believe they were in Berkely Heights, NJ.
I think they were also involved in the embryonic stages of Xenetech.
From: AL (SUBLIAL) [#16]
27 Jan 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#15] 27 Jan 2007
Dave, Yes we lived one town apart and that is who had the laminator. we were competitors but they were mostly in the awards business and I was mostly in jewelry and silver awards.
I engraved for 22 years by hand and so did Doug.
Small world.
AL La costa
www.atttransfer.com
1-866-900-2830
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#17]
27 Jan 2007
To: AL (SUBLIAL) [#16] 27 Jan 2007
Where are they now? As active and as innovative as they were in the A&E industry, they disappeared from sight almost overnight.
Of course, overnight was at least a couple of decades ago.
From: AL (SUBLIAL) [#18]
27 Jan 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#17] 27 Jan 2007
Dave, I haven,t seen them in 30 years. It wasn,t a happy ending for them. That is a long story.
AL La Costa
www.atttransfer.com
1-866-900-2830
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#19]
27 Jan 2007
To: AL (SUBLIAL) [#18] 28 Jan 2007
Sorry to hear that.
From: Fordy (CENTRAL) [#20]
28 Jan 2007
To: ALL
John, I must agree with you, I run a bussiness in Bendigo Australia, & have found its gives me a better result spinning a blunt diamond cutter at about half the normal speed gives you a great result on, anadised aluminium, stainless steel, s/s mugs & drinking flasks, even sterling silver bracelets the engraving dosn't wear off & the engraving stands out, just dont make a mistake its harder to buff off! I've just registered on this sight, a mate of mine Baz told me about it! I'm heading off next week to the States & I'll be at the ARA from the 20th Feb.
Seeya there Glenn (Fordy)
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#21]
28 Jan 2007
To: Fordy (CENTRAL) [#20] 29 Jan 2007
Glenn,
I've recently become a proponent of spinning the diamond gravers.
Haven't tried it on everything, but find it works wonders on coated items, like some coated writing pens. It also makes a better cut for oxidizing trophy brass.
I'm happy Baz told you about our forum. We're getting quite a few Aussies on board. Some are threatening to band together and come to next year's ARA Las Vegas show. :-)
If you're in the mood to meet and party with some of the people of this forum, while in Vegas, take a moment to check out this thread:
http://engravingetc.org/forum/index.php?webtag=EE&msg=5261.1
A lot of posts there. After reading the first post, you may want to fast forward to the 200+ post, to see where we stand.
Almost forgot - Welcome to Engraving Etc!
EDITED: 28 Jan 2007 by DGL
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