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Old 02-15-2007, 10:41 PM
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Default My Lindsay Palm Control has arrived!!!

A very exciting day at the studio, as my new Lindsay classic palm control has arrived. After letting it warm up I connected it to my air system. I started engraving with the "patent point" tool Mr. Lindsay sent along, and found it easy to jump in mid stream on a job already in progress.
I then changed to a slightly domed punch and found it has real advantages for "punched" sculpting, as I am working on some etched relief figures.
I am posting a pic with the "happy engraver" at the bench, and I will post some work when I get some finished.
Thank you Mr. Lindsay for designing this innovative product.

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Old 02-16-2007, 04:26 AM
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Default Re: My Lindsay Palm Control has arrived!!!

barry you are a lucky man :thumbsup:
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Old 02-16-2007, 09:46 AM
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Default Re: My Lindsay Palm Control has arrived!!!

Looks good with the wood handle...
It's a great day when you get a new tool, and one like that makes it feel like Christmas.
Good Luck!
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Old 02-16-2007, 09:56 AM
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Somebody called me about my engraving stand and the widget in my vise. The stand sits on three points for stability. The platform the vise sits on is sdjustable for height. The widget holding the action is a "center way". I hold almost everything between centers, actions, lockplates, cylinders, barreels, etc. Knives I hot glue to a piece of wood, and hold the wood between centers. Occasionaly I use lead between the jaws of the vise to clutch things.
Bob Evans saw me using this stand at SCI once and said, "Thats quite a lash -up you have there". It is made to come apart for travel and can be disassebled or assembled in 10 minutes.
Oh, and the wood grip on the Lindsay tool is the new "Amboyna". It is stabilized and looks like ironwood burl.
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Old 02-16-2007, 10:06 AM
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Default Re: My Lindsay Palm Control has arrived!!!

Hi Barry,
I'm glad the tool arrived safely! Please always feel free to call or email if you have questions while working with it. Calls over the weekends and evening are fine too since I'm usually here in the shop making chips.

The vise and scope setup looks super. I never could swing a large barrel well with my current scope stand and bench, but with your setup you sure can.
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Old 02-16-2007, 12:40 PM
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Yes Steve, it is handy, especially when swinging a thirty inch C. Sharps Arms Co. 1877 barrel. Here are some pics of gold wire installation.



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Old 02-16-2007, 05:31 PM
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Really nice job Barry.
And great photos, real clear.
May I ask, what is the tool with a number 4 on it?
It is shown resting on the roughed in gold.
Is it a flat with a verticle face used to shave off the excess gold?
Best wishes, enjoy your new PC AirGraver.
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Old 02-16-2007, 05:59 PM
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Hi John, old buddy.
That I think is a gesswein 304 oil breakdown finishing stone which I am using to remove the excess gold. It is so soft it quickly conforms to the curve of the Rigby flat , removing the excess gold, without cupping in the gold. I would guess I switched to 600 grit paper backed by a rubber block at the end.
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Old 02-16-2007, 06:58 PM
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Hi guy, great pictures and work ---- as usual. Say, whats the chances of getting you to forward some closer pictures of that rig ? Perhaps some dimentions & etc. so that I could get a local guy to build one for me --- please. (wife said this was the magic word) Unless you might think others would be interested, forward to me at kenhurst@suddenlink,net, Thanks a bunch in advance, Ken
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Old 02-16-2007, 08:14 PM
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Hi Ken, is the stand what you need? or the "center way"? The center way I designed after looking at one of your steel ones, years ago, hehe.
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Old 02-16-2007, 09:22 PM
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Gaws how time passes --- it;s hell getting old. I would like to get pictures and dimentions enough that a man could build one from the info. Any suggestions you could offer would be heeded and appreciated. I won't be doing the work so the info would have to be sufficent along with the pic's for the maker. There is an event close to home I have been asked to set up in & do a show and tell --- no real work. Ken
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Old 02-17-2007, 12:03 AM
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After I finished doing some etching that has been taking up my days I sat down tonite and checked out the options this tool has, The scroll on the left was cut with the tungsten piston. I really liked it. It was easy to cut wide and deep, and still shaded well. For the tungsten I turned up the PSI to 85 or so. It would function at lower pressure, but the idle was not as good as when turned higher.
I then inserted the Nylon face lite piston, and cut the scroll on the right. It was notably different, but took no real adjustment, except for air pressure, which was, of course, much lower.
This is the first plate I have cut with the new tool, and it is very easy to adjust to. I don't really notice I am not using a pedal.
This truly is a marvelous device.
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Old 02-17-2007, 12:55 AM
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What a great picture Barry. The lighting on the cuts looks great together with the high contrast of the whole picture.

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Old 02-17-2007, 07:58 AM
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Wellcome to the new age of power hand engraving. I have found Steves tool is something you have a lot of trouble putting down. Have fun. Jack
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Old 02-17-2007, 08:47 AM
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Default Re: My Lindsay Palm Control has arrived!!!

Thanks for the info on the gold removal Barry.
I got stuck on some idea it was a graver, not a stone.
The picture and cutting of the prctice plate are wonderful.
The flow of the scroll on the right especially floats my boat.
Great job as usual, enjoy your new tool.
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Old 02-17-2007, 08:48 AM
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Ok, I read that info in the instruction manual, I will put it to use, Thank you.
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Old 02-17-2007, 04:40 PM
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Default Re: My Lindsay Palm Control has arrived!!!

Beautiful work
How many ounces of gold did you stick in that cannon?
Looks like a small fortune there!
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Old 02-17-2007, 07:00 PM
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Steve,
probably about ten inches of wire. I guess there were about another thirty inches on the action. As to the weight, I am not sure. I buy quite a bit of wire for inventory, and then bid individual jobs, it is just in the mix so to speak.
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