Try Riogrande.com they sell to the general public they may have gravers you can put into the handpiece or sometimes I cut off the end of a graver tip from just a simple hand held graver with a wooden handle and put it in the pneumatic one, a lot of times I make my own out of an old beading tool, most of the time I only use the pneumatic hammer tool for stone setting like pushing a bezel or channel setting for small gemstones, I would use a larger air compressor than I have in this video, I have since upgraded and it works much better, also, you'll have a better time using this machine with a real gravermate foot pedal, the graverhelper foot pedal kinda sucks but I still use it

Bit late, but basically all an engraver machine does is generate oscillations. The compressor has what amounts to a pneumatic full bridge rectifier -- it turns up and down into constant one directional air out. The engraver makes the air go forwards and backwards at the set rate. If you look at sean hughes DIY engraver it's essentially a mod where you remove the check valve and get a compressor that pushes and pulls with the piston. Another guy here on youtube then modified that further into something where you can connect a flex shaft directly to the compressor and you hook directly up to the handpiece.

Thanks for the reply I figured it outage you happy with the easy graver? I ended up splurging and got the pulse graver it's airless electric. I'm very happy with it although i think it's still overpriced. No issues at all though. Im curious tho bc am.ost went for that engraving machine

@@mylgphoneelgee162 I've just been looking at stuff. Planning on doing the build I mentioned.

Im not sure what youre asking

Yeah a bigger compressor definitely would have worked better immediately, I was actually able to make it work with the smaller compressor I have

What fitment is the air inlet line how do you connect

Which type of line did you use to connect your compressor to the machine? I’ve just bought the same one but it stays to use a water filter between the compressor and machine but have no connections for either 🤦🏻‍♀️

It doesn't work, what should I do, please, if you can help me @@Whelessry

Hey I got mine from Vevor directly. havnt needed customer support, but ive heard decent things from the pro kitchen industry. mine works jsut fine

Why dont you get them a hand engraver or one u can hammer . Not the machine type then

Hey dont know what the heck you're talking about none of this has to do with what you're talking about no clue man you seem crazy or misinformed

Good question. The machine in the video is a cheap version of the name brand graver mate. I don't understand the machine completely,but from what I understand there is a regulator for air coming into the machine, but it also has an air oscillator inside, which pumps air into the hand piece, and then sucks it back out rapidly over and over very quickly. This gives the hand piece the hammer like effect needed for engraving and setting stones. The foot pedal allows more or less air coming in giving you more or less of a hammer effect. Hope this helps

Yeah, you could do that. I do it now for filling flat tires, filling beach stuff, whatever. However, it's gonna cost you- $50-75 or $100 for a full-size tank. For a used pony bottle (small scuba tank), $ 50-75, old scuba first stage $30-50, with an air line and air chuck $35, foot pedal $10-15. Plus you have to be scuba certified to get your air tank filled, $6-8. Unless you have a diver friend, forget it. So, too expensive

Henry Holcomb yeah check out parts 2 and 3:-)

It's works fine for me. If you read the comments people have suggested this over and over again. It gets the job done. If I feel like I need a bigger compressor I'll get one. Thanks

can you recommend good and not too expensive manual engraver and needle-tool

Don't know what you're talking about please speak more clearly

Is there a question you have or would you like to share a complete thought?

@@Whelessry No, I just want other users to know that this tool is very bad to work. the quality is just disgusting and it's life-threatening.

@@bigboom3812 How? What happened

That's exactly the problem. If played with these machines my self. Ive built the shaun Hughes machines and also have a legit Steve Lindsay setup. Solid my original gravermax when I got my Lindsay so I know all the differences on how these machines work.

Im not sure what you mean snow white

I'm sorry you feel that way. Mine has been working great for a while now. I bought this machine because I was on a budget, and I wanted to tinker with it. Been doing real work with it ever since. Make money on youtube? Don't have a clue what you're talking about

That's not entirely true though is it? Although it's made on China, that doesn't automatically make it garbage. It works, and can work fairly well. The Chinese copy everything from around the world, and they maybe cut a few corners here and there but they are able to make what the world makes, at a fraction of the price. Because they have very cheap labor and really no laws to stop it from happening or stop them from copying equipment made here in the US, or elsewhere. could you use this daily and engrave firearms and make things to sell, yea you could, is it cheaper and going to break before a higher prices version that maybe costs 4 times as much. More than likely. I get what your saying support america made, or your countries own industry. But I also understand that, let's say, I want to buy an apex sharpener for sharpening knives, developed and made here in the United States, costs over 250 USD. It's a couple plastic knobs, some aluminum and some metal, and comes with a few oil stones. 250usd. You can go to eBay, get a very very similar design, for 30bucks. I own both, I bought the china version for 30, to see if I would like the usa made item. And the Chinese version worked so well I did buy the American version, only to support our business. The difference is, the stones on USA are better, the hardware, nuts and bolts and degree knobs, higher quality. Degree markings, more accurate on USA, warranty in case you break it somehow some way which seems unlikely, and that's about it. 250bucks, r&d costs I'm sure go into those, but from just a tools standpoint, it's 10times as expensive for just about the same quality. That's ridiculus. I don't mind spending twice as much, maybe 3 times as much for USA tools if the quality is there but when it's 5 6 7 8 10 times as much. Not everyone wants to, or can afford to always do that. That's a problem. If it requires an American company to charge that much to be a feasible company than they have other issues going on. Chinese Spyderco knives, 40bucks. Steels not as good, internal bushings I'm sure as well, not quite as good, American made Spyderco with high quality stainless, over 100. 140ish for similar sized knife I'm okay with that. I can see the value in that. For some machines Sanders from harbor freight, or other chinese made tools, it's just electric motors, pully wheels, and a switch and some steel. There's not alot to them. I don't see the problem buying Chinese if you can't afford American or whatever. When the time comes, and you decide you want to upgrade because you love what your doing, then you can save up and decide to go that route. I use the harbor freight airbrush compressor for airbrushing, works fine for that. Runs warm, but been using it 2 to 3 times a week a few hrs at a time for almost two years and it was cheap. If I bought the iwata compressor which I also have, it was 250bucks. Does the same thing, just smoother delivery, it's quieter, and runs a bit cooler. Should it cost 250bucks? Imo, no. I can buy a big ass DeWalt for that price and use it for all kinds of stuff I just wish companies would price certain things more fair, as to not just take the consumer to the cleaners.

@@Hustler_state I agree with you to a point. I'm a Custom Jeweler and have had several Flexshaft machines that are of Chinese manufacture that sell for around $50. Great for general usage but do NOT run 'true' like the Foredom handpieces they copy. I have a Foredom as well and, although it cost me in the $150 range years ago, it has lasted me for over 35 years and the handpiece STILL runs true. Chinese tools have their place AND their limits. My biggest gripe is when they produce machines with the same look AND name of the American manufacturers but not anything even close to the quality! I've seen 'newbies' in the jewelry business buy these things on Ebay THINKING they're getting the 'real deal' and then complain that nothing works right. I've even written Ebay abut this and have seen 'some' items removed but not all. On the other side, I don't think that American manufacturers should overcharge just so that their "CEO' can get his extra $100,000 yearly bonus!

@@WilleyGHD3 Some people said the real graver mate is made in China not sure if it's true. Maybe the parts are made in China.

The Graver Mate ( THE REAL ONE) is totally made in Kansas and has been since the company started.

Nooo I just bought it, please don't say this. I don't want to spend 1k on a GRS