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Hi Folks - This is a short sequence that got the chop from the main card press video - Please enjoy!

Cheers,

Chris.

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Engraving a Brass Card Press Base

Unpublished out-take from "The Chris Ramsay Playing Card Press" https://youtu.be/3PwAQZNLy0I

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Anonymous

What is that tool you are using? Is it come kind of carbon steel? It's incredibly sharp. What is the buzzing sound, is it vibrating?

Ralph McCoy

Well Chris that explains one of many of the operations . Are you still in your original shop ?? Ralph

Samuel Irons

Chris, on your next Tools, Tools, Tools video could you discuss your engraving setup? Or did I miss it?

Anonymous

All this time I thought clickspring clips was a fan channel

Chris Muncy

Chris, will you be doing a video or a series on electroplating?

Anonymous

Chris, what medium did you use for the Suit colour infills?

Gabe

What made you think of doing a card press? And when did this gold plating laboratory happen?

Luke Pettit

In the extremely unlikely event that you dont know about him, check out Ford Hallam https://www.youtube.com/user/ironbrush

Daniel J Bostrom

What brand/model engraver are you using? I'm saving up for a Lindsay unit. It doesn't use a foot peddle or special controller in a box, just hook up a regulated air supply and the control is in the handle. the harder you push the faster it hammers. Check it out at www.airgraver.com

clickspring

The card press idea has been on the to-do list for a few years, and have been working towards a plating setup for a few months, this project was the perfect one to get it all sorted - Cheers :)

clickspring

Yes a big fan of Ford, he has the deepest understanding of craft, most impressive.

clickspring

I use the GRS tools (Gravermach AT, Monarch handpiece), same operating principle, very pleased with how they perform together - Cheers :)

David Paterson

Great to see you back - very nice work

franco pucci

amazing work as usual Chris

Phil Sydor

Hi Chris, another excellent video - did you make the turnatble that you used to do the engraving?

clickspring

Thanks Phil - That is a commercial table from GRS: https://www.grs.com/product/003-740-satellite-turntable-package/ - Cheers :)

Daddy Bearcat

This stuff fascinates me, because I've never been able to draw a straight line with a pencil, let alone anything like this. I'm curious; I noticed a couple of minor deviations when you were first scratching the shapes onto the plate, but after you engraved it, they were gone. Is the engraver easier to keep on a smooth trajectory because it's cutting deeper and has some mass behind it, or is it a matter of more concentration, or something else?

clickspring

Hi Bill, the 3 minutes or so in the video were shot over roughly a month, so I think what you're probably seeing is me slowly improving over the weeks after those first cuts! Depending on the nature of the error, there is often opportunity to tidy things up and correct a curve by taking away some more metal as part of the background removal, but of course there is an inevitable limit at which point the design would be compromised. I will do a TGT on this as soon as I can - Cheers :)

MrTridac

Off Topic: Since you released the card press video - which I've watched quite a few times now - I scroll through the comments again and again. Nothing but praise. I wonder what it feels like to get 4000+ comments on how great you are (I agree BTW). It feels good, surely. But I guess with so much admiration it's more then just "Hey look they like it".

Matt

What was the dark paint you used on the Spade and Club?