I worked at a jewelry store for years part time from the 70’s clear thru the 2000’s until the owner pasted away. I always had a full time job but would help him out at Christmas time or for special sales & I always got to sell the jewelry too. I don’t know how many hours I sat at one of these machines engraving watches, cross pens, charms & the most popular in the 70’s was ID bracelets. There would be stacks of them waiting on me to do when I got there. Lol. I sure do miss that old machine. I’ve looked for one but usually they are used & not in good shape. Looks like you lucked out & got a good one. If you ever want to get rid of it, please leave me a comment on your RU-vid channel. I don’t have a channel but I do have my notifications on & subscribed to your channel so I will see it. I’m on RU-vid everyday. Happy engraving!!! Thanks for the post. Brings back lots of memories ❤️
You could very easily make a powered spindle for it. You could also 3D print patterns for it. Those Art Deco letters are awesome. What a score for 20 bucks.
Thanks! I was actually thinking of making a bracket to hold a Dremel tool or a flex-shaft tool for carving wood, plastic, etc. Your idea of 3D printing other patterns and letters is a great one. I don't currently own a 3D printer, but it's on my wish list.
@@MrHarvard88 The main issue with using a Dremel or Flex shaft tool is the very poor bearings in them. A bit too much side play so the engraving wouldn't be well done. Years ago the was a magazine article in I think the HSM magazine for a shop made engraver using a Dremel and the examples of the work it produced were pretty poor in my opinion.
I just bought one of these drag engravers and was wondering if there's a way to clear the burr around the letters w/out marring a lacquered finish. Also, this particular model has 2 scales on the workpiece vise. 1 would be to center script based on the reduction #, but is the second a random placement scale for setting multiple lines?
Lasers for the home shop not only do not really do metals,but you can not show their use in a short video in any way your viewer can duplicate. Thanks for posting
Thanks for commenting! I have to admit that I'm pretty ignorant on the subject of laser engraving, so I don't know what is available for the home shop or how much they cost. I'm not knocking them, I just find the old methods more interesting.
Ive seen people make template brass plates eith varios patterns for these vintage pantographs... does anyone know what size bit would be best to use and depth?
Hello, I am having the hardest time finding sets of letters. I cant find them on amazon, there are SOME on ebay but very few limited styles. Can you please tell me where can I buys some? Thank you!
eBay is the only place I've seen them. I thought about trying to have some made, but haven't really pursued the idea. It seems like if you had a CNC machine, it would be pretty easy to make your own. But then again, if you had a CNC machine, you wouldn't really need the pantograph engraver.
Great demonstration! I'm looking for a set of the "monogram letters" for my own New Hermes, is there a number/name for the set? I haven't had any luck finding them. Thanks!
There are 4 types of monogram letters. The one in the video is a Circle Monogram, 35-359 2 line. Also 3 line, 35-354. An interlocking monogram35-355 or 356. An oval monogram, 35-066. Also a single line script, 35-362, too plain. And single line diamond, also too plain, 35-360.
My father bought one in the 80's and I kept in great shape. In 2016 I lost it in the WV flood and would love to get one. He has so many brass lettering. He had to retire and sold acrylic keychain that he engraved on for extra income. I have looked and looked for new one, just don't like the prices on Ebay.
In the 1970s, "Bulova Accutron cal 214H"s the escape whell was made with this device. It was the first watch to use a transistor, and thanks to this device, it had the escape wheel with the smallest teeth in the world. It was 10 times thinner than a human hair. The clock was seen as a revolution in its time. After years later, this device was destroyed by Bulova. Except for a few :D
$20 is a good price I bet you could sell it for $300. I was going to go into business and I was in the business of engraving jewelry at the kiosk and the VA hospital. Shed all that down and now my jewelry scattered all over the place in my garage
I have two of these and sets of letters. I want to sell them. Do you know how I could sell pretty quickly? Any advice. Shipping them would be really really high!
I didn't Las Vegas Nevada and I have probably five to seven pantograph machines of all different brands. And maybe a dozen fonts and accessories and lots of cutters. I'm looking to sell them or a partner that wants to do something with them
hey Vince, i have something that my dad found years ago and i have no idea what it is so i asked reddit and they said it could possibly be a pantograph stencil type device, can i send you the link and could you confirm if it is what they're saying? thank you
Yes. I didn't really know what they are worth and was unsure what to offer him. I figured at $20, I wouldn't care if it turned out to be worthless. The store was closing it's doors for good in two days, so I think they just wanted to sell as much as the could. It was kind of sad, really.
