My first gravers

[Neverenoughwatches]

Eyup watch peeps. I've been long awaiting some quality gravers to pop up on ebay. My first ones to start learning lathework. Bit of a mixture of square and lozenge shapes, by  G antoine clardon and Clardon Vallorbe the top one i think is a parting tool. The rest range from 3mm to 1.2mm. 

[nickelsilver]

The dark one second from the right looks like it might be tungsten carbide, you'll find out when you go to sharpen it! (only diamond will work)

 

You'll definitely want to use handles with them; pinvices work well, though it's nice to have dedicated handles. Daniels suggests drilling though a dowel rod so the graver is a friction fit, and pulling out more as needed. It would take a lot of turning to sharpen them frequently enough to shorten them noticeably. 

[Neverenoughwatches]

3 hours ago, nickelsilver said:

The dark one second from the right looks like it might be tungsten carbide, you'll find out when you go to sharpen it! (only diamond will work)

 

You'll definitely want to use handles with them; pinvices work well, though it's nice to have dedicated handles. Daniels suggests drilling though a dowel rod so the graver is a friction fit, and pulling out more as needed. It would take a lot of turning to sharpen them frequently enough to shorten them noticeably. 

I have a green grinding stone that i use for sharpening tungsten carbide drills. They are quite soft, if i remember rightly something to do with the renewing of the cutting edge of the stone as it sharpens. Thanks Nicklesilver, i have some dowel that came with some watchmakers files. What kind of quality do i have here.

[pent]

Speaking of sharpening gravers, has anyone tried a tool like this for HSS gravers?

[Neverenoughwatches]

On 8/31/2023 at 11:14 PM, pent said:

Speaking of sharpening gravers, has anyone tried a tool like this for HSS gravers?

Nice rolling sharpener with angle adjusrment. Only for a triangle profile though.