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[ranch23]

Does anyone here use a 3D Pantograph to engrave caliber on barrels? Having trouble with mine.

 

[paperpuncher]

This is what I use
an internet image not my actual machine

 

[ranch23]

I can't get the picture to blow up. Is that a 2 dimensional machine? Do you attach a tapered barrel at an angle?

 

[paperpuncher]

yes sorry should have read your post more carefully

 

[ranch23]

yes sorry should have read your post more carefully

Thank You for the reply

 

[paperpuncher]

I can't get the picture to blow up. Is that a 2 dimensional machine? Do you attach a tapered barrel at an angle?

If I wanted to engrave the tapered part of the barrel I would need to set it up so the tapered part was parallel to the table. I just engrave the straight part of the shank. What sort of engraver are you using, CNC I assume

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I use a new hermes gravograph. On a barrel taper it doesnt matter if its flat or not just put it in there and start engraving

 

[butchlambert]

On my New Hermes the angle does not matter.

 

[ranch23]

I have a New Hermes Engravograph, with some of the finishes being applied today I was looking to upgrade.

 

[paperpuncher]

Dusty and Butch I also have a New Hermès but the Z axis on mine is similar to a milling machine In that it is movable but does not float to compensate for the angle

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty and Butch I also have a New Hermès but the Z axis on mine is similar to a milling machine In that it is movable but does not float to compensate for the angle

Its not about floating you just push the scribe down until it hits. Itll go down an inch or more past where the barrel usually sits. Think about how it engraves over the rounded surface to start with. Itll even engrave a ring

 

[ranch23]

If I wanted to engrave the tapered part of the barrel I would need to set it up so the tapered part was parallel to the table. I just engrave the straight part of the shank. What sort of engraver are you using, CNC I assume

Deckel 3D pantograph, understand setting barrel taper up to be parallel to the table' These things use a former cup to engrave in a convex manner. The former plate holder is fixed in place, and does not move with the stylus, Think I'm having a brain lapse.