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Old 03-07-2013, 07:07 PM
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Default Re: Mike Dubber "Speitzer" Graver Point Template set

The "Rounded Bottom" Template makes the Speitzer Graver work...it creates lift and clearance - what we refer to as the Heel. The heel allows the graver to cut without digging deeper and deeper into the metal as the cut is made. It also helps prevent the occurrence of furrowing - just like the UPP Geometry does for the point gravers (Steve's Detail, Universal and Calligraphy Templates).

The rounded template is used to create a very small, almost imperceptible, bright facet around the circumference of whatever Speitzer Graver geometry I am trying to create (from rounded to pointed). I use this Template without the power home. I simply roll it back and forth across a hard stone (like a Ruby Stone or Hard Arkansas) and then examine the point with a 10X loupe until I see that I have have formed a consistent bright heel at the point of the graver.
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