Graver Making & Hand Turning DVD by Bill Smith

[ted123]

Hi,
Does anybody know where I can find this DVD for under $30 new or second hand.If anybody has a copy of it or know where I can find it , it would be a great help thanks.

'''Graver Making & Hand Turning DVD by Bill Smith'''

 

[crab]

Here is one you can rent for $9.99.
http://smartflix.com/store/video/57/Graver-Making-Hand-Turning

I have never rented a dvd from this site but I might try it.I wonder if it would be illegal to copy it?
Bill

 

[GWRdriver]

Ted,
I don't know how you intend to use these, horology or otherwise, but I made myself a handful of very useful gravers for fine contouring and finishing work on my full size (larger than horological size) lathe. I bought a few wooden handles and a few bits of ground HSS in 1/8" rounds and squares. I ground off one end of the HSS to a 45° (or so) angle and poked the other end into a handle. Then I made myself a sharpening jig and went to work making them frightfully sharp, and they work beautifully. No doubt Bill Smith (a Tennessean IIRC) uses carbon steel, hardened and tempered, and I won't argue that might be better for watch and clock work, but compared with watchmaking my usage could be considered "rough use" so the 1/8" HSS works just fine. The only problem I have is that gravers require high spindle speed for optimal results and a conventional lathe will barely make a workable minimum rpm thus increasing the potential for dig-ins so I work very close to the work.

 

[Mawitö]

Hi, first of all, that smartflix service is awsome, to bad i can't rent T_T

I am very interested in had turning too and some time ago found this two links fron the sherline web page:

http://www.sherline.com/gravers.htm

http://www.sherline.com/2110inst.htm

These are from W.R. Smith too, i hope it's usefull.

 

[PerryRT]

I'd recommend the Sherline documents - I used them to make myself a set of gravers some years ago and have used them ever since. I will say this, though - you must have a decent T-rest if you plan to use gravers.

That having been said, Bill Smith's books are great stuff - full of little tips and hints that help a lot. I suspect that his DVD's might be worth the money.

You can get them from here: ClockTools.com, but of course, they're more than $30.

 

[carolinamark]

For what it's worth, I just rented my first DVD from SmartFlix.

All went well and it is much cheaper than buying.

I will rent from them again.

 

[Mawitö]

Smartflix have a very nice catalog on machining videos. I wish it were a streaming world wide system i would rent a lot too.

Ted i hope you found the DVDs

Mawito

 

[Herbiev]

Have you tried W. R. Smith himself. There is a good article as well as his contact info here
http://www.sherline.com/gravers.htm

 

[steamer]

Interestingly enough, I called Mr Smith a couple of years ago and he answered the phone!. He's a very nice man.

ClockTools has the books. Also try "Hands of Time"


Dave

 

[TroyO]

I rent often from SmartFlix. I'm usually after the information and learning from the vids rather than owning a set of something else to get dusty on the shelf so it makes sense to me.

I am just about certain that you aren't allowed to copy them, though. (Well... maybe if the copyright has expired? 20 Years I think... and some may be that old?)