Engraving equipment

[Christophe Mineau]

Look at my engraving tools on my builder page. I really like the hammer and burin technique, the burin or chisel can have a wooden handle, the strock may be slightly lighter than metal. On the other hand , the hand pushed chisels (with mushroom shape as you said) are really hard to master. You end up with big deep scratchs you cannot erase...
I am planning to build a pneumatic version, there are two options, the push and pull piston compressor, or the regular compressor. I think I will try both.