Most professional engraving artists could probably engrave with any tool and turn out nice work given enough time, however tools with
improved design help make the hand engraving process easier and quicker. The AirGraver is the most advanced system for intuitive ease of use for the professional or
beginning engraver. To discover the difference, enroll, support and learn engraving from hand engraving
centers and schools where all equipment on the market is made available for students to work with. The staff and instructors of these
schools are not paid to sell equipment and therefore are unbiased. They are willing to allow students to decide for themselves what works best for them.
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The Lindsay PalmControl can increase the speed of learning compared to foot pedal engraving. This is because the PalmControl is intuitive
and natural in the sense that what is done
with your hand is what you get. There is no need to learn to coordinate continual foot movement to every hand movement.
Left: Cut away of a picture of a PalmControl |
Engraving
Artist Steve Lindsay www.EngravingArtist.com originally designed and made the AirGraver tool
for himself because of a need to increase his engraving speed and yet maintain the quality of his work. This is not say that any work should be rushed through. In
delicate areas, more deliberate work will need to be done, but there are also some parts of a project where, with confidence, faster work can be done. The amount of
time it takes me to engrave a project is foremost and the speed at which the AirGraver can physically cut through metal when needed is at least three times that of the
spring blow-pulse design tool Steve Lindsay used 20 years.
That earlier designed tool was designed by
Steve's father, Frank Lindsay (a watch maker, jeweler and gemologist) in 1979. The spring blow pulse design can still be found on the market. The improved system is
called an AirGraver. Perhaps it should not be labeled a system because the tool itself is the entire system. The box that used to be upon the bench creating pulses of
air for the earlier machine is not needed with the new AirGraver design.
The AirGraver is also unique in that the speed and power increase proportionately. This allows the benefit of increased speed to
move a graver point through a cut when desired. The older blow pulse design tool would only increase in power and not speed. The operator had to reach up to a separate
box to change the speed. The end result of the AirGraver is very transparent throttle response. You can start and finish engraving jobs more quickly and the quality of
the engraving is much improved.
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