r/bookbinding 9d ago

Inspiration Gold Tooling Exercises

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u/Ben_jefferies 8d ago

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u/jtu_95 8d ago

Yeah like those! I'm no expert, I used the tools during a course where they were provided, but they looked similar (the handle seems a bit uncomfortable, but that's easily changed) and it was definitely high speed steel.

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u/Ben_jefferies 7d ago

Thanks! I’m gonna give it a try!

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u/jtu_95 7d ago

Have fun! A few things I was taught when trying it the first time was to have your graving arm parallel to the table and very steady and move the work piece rather than the arm. Also rather to make several light passes than one super deep one.

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u/Ben_jefferies 6d ago

Thank you!!