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Originally Posted by hobochief
Ron, Steve has allowed us to use a PC at the show in Tampa, We will have a CLASSIC AND ARTISAN HOOKED up side by side, Lighting and VIses for all to use. See you there..
Rollie
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This will be fun. I will probably bring mine along, or at least a few of my other favorite gravers and stones and my optivisors. I would encourage any coin carvers to come by and try these out. It will change your world.
Steve, I had a Gravermeister for years that I ended up selling last year. The noise about drove me nuts. I always felt it was over-kill for what I wanted to use it for, and never really got the hang of using it. The thing I like about the palm control is that I don't have to re-learn anything. I learned to use push-gravers exclusively, so the palm control is virtually the same, except the power totally eliminates any hand fatigue. I don't push the tool, I just guide it through the metal... Awesome.
I always had a hard time keeping my foot completely OFF the pedal between cuts, and would inevitably put little chattermarks on the work by accident. It's kind of like chewing gum and walking at the same time. I can't engrave with my feet... which is what it felt like for me using a foot control.
It was a tough choice, but after using it a short while, I'm totally convinced it was the right choice. For me anyway.
Mike, thanks for the nice comments. I hope to have a do-over on that presentation some day. I wasn't in a very good frame of mind that year nor was I very well prepared.
Keith, I'm going to try the tungsten piston. I'm thinking about getting into some MC engraving and will need a little extra umph. I've also got my eyes on the nitro for that. Arrggh!!