Erik, What do you mean by larger self cut work? Everything I do is self cut. I do copper wheel work on crystal. It is generally under 18" tall. The only windows I do are old auto vent windows, port holes, and small door windows. I use stone wheels for rough cuts and shaping glass to later be en...

Roderick; It's good to be here. I have no time to take on any engraving students. But I am in the process of creating a DVD on glass engraving. Perhaps I can finish it next year. When I was starting out in the 1970's a couple stone wheel guys who were afraid that I might be competition for them woul...

Erik, I feel that I am merely a custodian of my assortment of machines. It is my task to restore them back to workable condition, take care of them, update them if it will do no damage, and use them with respect. Eventually I will pass them on to another engraver. Hopefully it will all avoid being s...

CompletedSpindleBearings326.jpg CompletedSpindle3264.jpg Erik, It is not a Spatzier or Merker. The guy I bought it from thought is was German but Inga has a picture she took of virtually identical machines which were Czech. I'll go with Czech. They also made a smaller version for copper wheel work....

Since several of you use such equipment for your brilliant cuttings, I thought you might like to monitor the progress on this project. I picked up the lathe and larger wheels about 12 years ago but did not want to set it up until I found a good counter pulley for it. I like my machines "just so...