Re: Engraving Cutter Supplies

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Re: Engraving Cutter Supplies Tony Jeffree 09-09-2006
Posted by Tony Jeffree on September 9, 2006, 4:12 am
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wrote:

>There was a recent thread on engraving cutters on one of the lists, but
>I can't seem to find it now, and I don't think it actually had an answer
>to suppliers of ready ground engraver tools?
>
>I'm looking in particular for a 20 degree cutter that matches the narrow
>dremel V cutter but has an actual point and a matching 0.5mm tip for
>getting cleaner cut results from vcarve. I'm getting nice detail, but
>the result is spoilt by the burrs from the dremel tool :(

Lester -

I have used these guys in the past:

http://www.pantograph.co.uk/

Regards,
Tony

Posted by Lester Caine on September 9, 2006, 8:59 am
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Tony Jeffree wrote:

> wrote:
>
>>There was a recent thread on engraving cutters on one of the lists, but
>>I can't seem to find it now, and I don't think it actually had an answer
>>to suppliers of ready ground engraver tools?
>>
>>I'm looking in particular for a 20 degree cutter that matches the narrow
>>dremel V cutter but has an actual point and a matching 0.5mm tip for
>>getting cleaner cut results from vcarve. I'm getting nice detail, but
>>the result is spoilt by the burrs from the dremel tool :(
>
> Lester -
>
> I have used these guys in the past:
>
> http://www.pantograph.co.uk/

Looks like the best option at the moment.
I'd tried Pacer, but their service is a bit slow.
I'll give Pantograph a ring on Monday ;)

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Posted by Wayne Weedon on September 9, 2006, 9:14 am
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Lester Caine wrote:

>>
>> I have used these guys in the past:
>>
>> http://www.pantograph.co.uk/
>
> Looks like the best option at the moment.
> I'd tried Pacer, but their service is a bit slow.
> I'll give Pantograph a ring on Monday ;)
>

They are quite a good company, you usually have to specify the grind you
want. All my local engravers use them.

Make sure you order parallel shanks if that what you need! Most
pantographs use tapered.

Wayne....

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