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Last edited by Cabriolet; 02/21/15.
Survivor of the 13th Original Colony, I escaped on December 17, 1968.
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AKA The P-Man If you cherish your memories with kids, be a good role model . . . . so the RIGHT memories of you mean something to them.
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What brand/model are your using?
"Any inanimate object will just sit there until a person picks it up. What they do with it depends on what kind of respect they've been taught for human life"
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What brand/model are your using?
Long obsolete Green Model 106. Had it for 30 years and it was old when I bought it. Sometimes they show up on ebay. The spring loaded tracer is required for engraving round items like gun barrels.
Survivor of the 13th Original Colony, I escaped on December 17, 1968.
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very interesting, thanks for picture sir.
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Those old machines are pretty cool. They do what they're supposed to very well and generally they were built to last a long time. There are a couple of gunsmiths around here that I wish would use something like that. They can put together an accurate rifle but it's sure disheartening to get your cherished rifle back with the chambering stamped out in uneven letters/numbers using individual punches. One fellow even double stuck a digit when he didn't hit the punch hard enough the first time.
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A machine made of metal? haven't seen one for years! that's a grand old tool! I have checkering tools starting in late 40's vintage and on up to today. the 40's tools have rosewood handles and the current ones have some kind of bamboo I guess. nice to see the good stuff still around.
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I never understood anyone who called himself a gunsmith hand stamping the caliber marking on a nice rifle. Take it to a jeweler or trophy shop, most will do the caliber marking with their pantograph for a nominal fee.
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I called myself a gunsmith and stamped barrels for nearly forty years; so did most of my contemporaries. If I lacked the ability to stamp in a straight line, I might have taken it to someone else. However, if I lacked the ability to stamp in a staight line, I would probably have lacked the ability to build the rifle in the first place. Having said that, I still like the looks of the machine. I also admit to liking the look of cut numbers and letters. GD
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I called myself a gunsmith and stamped barrels for nearly forty years; so did most of my contemporaries. If I lacked the ability to stamp in a straight line, I might have taken it to someone else. However, if I lacked the ability to stamp in a staight line, I would probably have lacked the ability to build the rifle in the first place. Having said that, I still like the looks of the machine. I also admit to liking the look of cut numbers and letters. GD Plus one Bill.
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Cabriolet, can you share some after pics of the finish and some numbers on the cutter? I have a new herme's with just about every attachment they make and I have never had the motor on it....just the scratch.
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I worked in Browning Arms Co. gunsmithing shop for several years, they had two New Hermes pantographs that we used to replace markings lost due to polishing preparatory to bluing. We always used the diamond drag stylus, never the motor driven cutter. The engraving cut with the motorized cutter have a burr that must be removed whereas the diamond drag stylus leaves virtually no burr.
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Thats what my gunsmith friend in Bama uses , very very nice .
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I bought a set of number and letter stamps when I finished Gunsmith school in 1954 and they are still with me. They are getting a little dull but still make a good impression. What I always wanted was one of those little custom stamps in a circle with my name. Now they were neat and just one whack did the job.
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