In this video I would like to show a bit about how I make my Gravers (engraving chisels) and my process making scroll work. To check out real masters of the craft: Master Engraver TV: / @masterengravertv Sam Alfano: / theengraverscafe
Hello my good friends! I'm really happy to see that you enjoy this video. I just want to mention that I've ended up sharpening the face of the Chisel closer to 45 degrees and the heel at around 17 degrees. That produced the best results for me.
If I remember rightly I ordered them from Hong Kong (on ebay). Yes, they did take a while to get here. I can't say with certainty that they are indeed hss , since I don't have the expertise to confirm, but they definitely have the feel and the hardness of a hss, especially when I tried, in previous attempts, to heat treat them I realize that its not your ordinary High carbon steel. if you can get your hands on some O1 tool steel that would work just as well.
The best tuto about metal carving/engraving making tool there is on utube...simply informative, gets it straight to ur head, easy,fast homemade diy...great job.. keep it up
Uri - I love your videos and always look forward to seeing you working in your shop! I am new to engraving and have been following your instructions and having fun with my first try at it. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Big Thumbs Up!
This is one of my favorite videos by you simply because your other videos really piqued my interest and I want to try engraving myself. So I'm very thankful for every explanation regarding the basics!(:
Thank you for the insperation and advice Herr Uri. I ordered the hhs online and made my first graver this weekend, wish me luck! Thanks again for sharing.
Watching your videos has real gotten me back into making stuff. Decided to make myself a whittling toolbox and included various bits of brass so when I build some engraving tools I can have a go. Thanks for the inspiration!
It's a great pleasure to sit and watch you in your element, enjoying that what you're doing in any of your programs, at whenever you release them, are almost always feel free, are educational, often make,'s me laugh, Uri you are telented humourous and appear to be a good person all the good for the future from the Heart ❤️
Thank you Yuri, such deep humility from such an extraordinarily gifted craftsman, such a nice thing to see and hear. Thank you for sharing your seriously beautiful work with us all yet again, if I end being even half as good a craftsman as you are Yuri I would be pleased and would be in the top level of workers, you, you are at the top, thank you
My Dad discovered you the other day online and is delighted with you and your work! He also is a Craftsman and we are of Germanic descent as well. God bless mein Freund!
Uri, if your an amateur then they haven’t created a name (handle) for me. Non-existent comes to mind. Thank you for your videos I don’t watch them to learn new skills, I watch them because of your humor, expertise, many abilities, exciting builds, beautiful tools/inventions and all around great personality. This I can do, copying you is out of the question for me, but enjoying your channel never ceases to amaze and humor me. Thank you Sir.
Thank you! I’ve just discovered your videos and they are so inspiring. I am a self taught jeweller and i’m wanting to venture into engraving. This video is very helpful!
Great video, this is exactly what I was looking for, as a DIY guy looking to get into engraving! Also you have the perfect amount of detail without giving too much info. Again, great video, this has earned my subscription!
Greetings from Missouri!Thank you for making your videos. Your style of working, and teaching really works well for me, and it’s amazing what you are able to create.
Such a great and humble teacher. Your teaching style assumes that we're amateurs but never makes us feel like stupid amateurs. The shirt? The shirt needs to go. Throw it in the garbage and buy another one. You've had that thing since at least 1981.
Great stuff Uri, sometimes these things can be made to seem more complicated than they are. Cool to see just how little you really need to get started.
Very good tutorial; thank you. In the past I have made some crude gravers, and my attempts at engraving always resulted in the metal looking like beavers have chewed it. You have given me some good ideas, and inspiration to go back and try again.
You sir are a true craftsman. Call yourself an amateur? You’re much too modest. As I RU-vidr myself I understand the amount of effort involved in running a channel, so I want to thank you for the humour, the educational content and above all entertaining video. Keep it up : )
IMHO you do impressive work both in your graver making & your engravings. I too am an amateur, been engraving now off & on for 12 years. I should probably just get serious about it but engraving always was just a hobby, something to have fun with. I don't think we ever stop refining our craft & certainly there's always more to learn, you do beautiful work Uri. Cheers my friend from Calgary, Alberta 🇨🇦
same that below, i really enjoyed your demonstration, thanks for your time, so nice to discover your design, engraving process. It illuminates my morning :-)
What a great video! Thank you for showing how you made the engraving tools. I was hoping for a video of that. I want to make a set now. Please show more how to videos. Thanks again!
I don't know how I've missed your video's for so long, but I think you under state your abilities. An amateur wouldn't understand the cutting finish to the angle of the face of the tool, as you do. By watching you, and I certainly don't understand it yet, I am closer. I have tried this before with great frustration for not understanding said relationship and I quit. now I think I may try again.
I loved this video! This is the video I have been waiting for since you started the channel. I would like to see a whole series about getting into engraving covering the whole process of designing laying out and engraving small and large pieces. Keep up the great work I can't wait to see what comes next.
Wow, you always do a really good job with your scroll designs. You should do a video about your technical background- you seem to know a lot of crafts.
What I learned is, my printer ink is acetone proof. Hands down man, your videos may not be tutorials, but they teach you more than any other or real tutorial videos on YT!!
this is amazing! I've never done any engraaving of any kind, but I think I'm going to try to make a graver and give this a try some weekend coming up!!!
Very enjoyable Uri, I'd like to see how you tweek your tools to get them up to par. I believe that Fine Tuning video would be very helpful to lots of craftsmen. Great videos keep up the good work!
Yet another skill i will struggle to find time to master_ I need to stop watching RU-vid because I keep getting inspired to try new things-only 24 hours in a day... Thanks Uri-these problems are to be savoured!
Good work Bud! You teach well and learn fast. Trial and error on the proper angle for the engraver but you didn't give up and succeeded in making your own tools. I salute you from Canada.
Trust me both of my parents were artist my grandparents were artist and you are no amateur sir you are a highly qualified to do the job and most steady at your job keep up the good work were all back in thank you
Manishma Uri! I love your work, I’ve seen all your videos, very impressive. You’ve actually inspired me to try engraving for the first time, thank you for that. Also, when you speak of getting the scrollwork “symmetrical” and “curvier”, the concept (I believe) you’re speaking of is known as “fairing a curve”. A proper, aesthetically pleasing curve is said to be a “fair curve”. The easiest way I know to fair a curve is to look at your work from eye level. At that vantage point it is much easier to see where the curve is going “off”. Thanks again and keep up the great work, friend.
