My Pantograph engravers. Detailed explination later
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Gday, have a look at my 3 pantograph engraving machines. Pantograph engravers used to be the pinacle of engraving before CNC arrived on the scene. Although CNC has repeatability and speed on its hand, their reliance on programming, long winded set ups and flat material makes them in some cases slower or even unusable where a pantograph is only limited by time and your imagination. A more detailed video will follow for each engraver and the tips and tricks I have found along my travels
You're right that there are not a lot of videos on these old machines. I'm currently trying to figure out how to change the scribe tool from a plexi to a diamond tip, and mine seems stuck. Any suggestions?
Siezed, have to take it apart and WD40 it yo free it up. You can try some gentle heat from a heat gun and love taps with a hammer but start with the WD40
Hello, I’ve come across one for sale but I don’t have the model only a picture and I’d like to know if I’b be able to engrave knives with it or if it is just for doors identifying plates. It would help me a lot because I was looking for one for quite some time. Thanks
I think it is a new Hermès itf-k
Gday mate, if it has a diamond tip, you will have no trouble engraving knives
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Just look around on the different eBay sites, and they are surprisingly common
This must be excruciating to work with. I can engrave that drawing (any size on any material), in around 40 seconds - in the time it takes you to set all this up, I can do over 100 pieces.
Well, I don't need power and making 100 isn't what I have for. It has lasted 50 years and will last much longer than that. There are no modern machines that can boast that kind of reliability. I have a big Gravograph 7000 at work and its a fantastic machine, accurate and fast. Not what I would have at home for little jobs though. Thanks for the comment
@@thelittleshopaustralia4733 Point I was making is that these old machines are not sufficient anymore to scale an engraving business on. OK for tinkering at home, but no good if you want to make a business out of engraving stuff. Our business (just two of us) churns out close to half a million items annually (mostly big business customers) and we use a range of Umarq FX5 and Quest machines. They work almost non-stop (8am to 6pm daily) and in the last 8 years, not one of them has broken down.
It's a museum piece and that is what the point is. Nostalgia for manual machines not for mass production.
It is a very beautiful machine. Dont listen to the scumbags that try to bring you down.