Odd text engraving

[martin54]

It was meant as a constructive comment George, didn't think it was bad but did feel it could have been a little better, understandable now you have explained what you did lol. One reason I asked about the artwork was because I did a job for a guy I know who wanted the Square & Compass & I had a hard time finding a decent version of it on the net, slightly different version to the one you have done but I ended up drawing it pretty much from scratch to get it right.

Yes the lighter spring makes a big difference & it's easy enough to pop it in, if I was doing aluminium I would probably try both & see which gave the best results, bad memory sorry but will check where I got them from & let you know, think the postage cost more than the springs lol

To be honest you don't really need a diamond bit, the carbide ones you have should do a good enough job, mine do but obviously won't last as long as the diamond before they need replaced or re-sharpeded, I noticed the guy was also selling diamond bits cheaply so messaged him as soon as I bought the drag bit & asked if I could buy one. Got a message back to say sorry he didn't have any left, then the following day got another message to say he had posted the drag bit & had found a diamond bit lying around so had thrown it in for free.

[Len-Tikular]

Hi Martin, your comments were taken as being constructive indeed, many thanks for that,

Does your bit have a screw holding the spring in place. It looks like the tension can be altered by use of the screw ?

I can email you my Square and compass artwork if still needed, no problem at all,

Vest regards

George

[martin54]

George, stainless steel body with the screw at the top to alter spring tension. I just felt that even with minimal loading on the spring it would be to much for soft substrates like acrylic where it doesn't take a lot to mark the surface & you aren't looking for it to cut to deeply, great for hard materials like steel though.
Thanks but the version I needed was a little more complex than the one you have done & now I have redrawn it I have it for future use if I need it. If I need something less complex it's easy enough to remove some of the detail lol.

I didn't even try acrylic with the supplied spring so I could very easily be wrong, have done a few bits & bobs with the carbide tips & the results are good so you might want to try before buying a diamond tip.

This is actually the second drag tool I have bought, the first one was about the same price but is all aluminium construction, seemed to work well for 5 mins
The tip now wobbles about so I think the hole must have become enlarged due to the aluminium construction.

[martin54]

They were done with the carbide bit George while experimenting, the top one is actually glass, it's an old double glazed unit.
Bottom one is acrylic & you can see the carbide tip has done a good enough job, did the same image at the same size with the diamond bit & couldn't see a difference, Diamond will obviously last longer though.

[Len-Tikular]

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They were done with the carbide bit George while experimenting, the top one is actually glass, it's an old double glazed unit.
Bottom one is acrylic & you can see the carbide tip has done a good enough job, did the same image at the same size with the diamond bit & couldn't see a difference, Diamond will obviously last longer though.

Thanks, these look good,

Here is the Masonic book I did for my pal Jimmy. Solid walnut and was done on my flatbed CNC machine.

[Uncle Bob]

Brother,
Loved the toothpick holder.

Fraternally,
Felix #3
Washington, DC

[TReischl]

Uncle Bob, take a look at the date on the posts, about 7 years ago. . . .

I think Len is still around though.