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Hey everyone. With my quest for ammonites I need to see if there is a recommended good Electric scrib. Pneumatic I can find a few but compressors are going to keep the misses up. We all know that is not good. Just found 3 new species for my collection but they are invedded in concrete. Well you know what I mean. 

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I have the Dremel engraver 290 with specialized tips for fossil preparation.

 

 

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It works pretty well.
Still, it is loud, and frequent breaks for your hands are necessary.

 

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I use a generic version of the engraver @Fossildude19 mentioned. 
 

I’m not sure what tips Tim uses, but I found the below with a quick google search. I’ve been using the standard bit that comes with the engraver for bulk removal, but some of these specialized ones seem handy.:shrug:
 

https://www.zoicpaleotech.com/pages/electric-engravers-for-fossil-preparation

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I also use the engraver that @Fossildude19 mentioned although i havent been able to find the tips he uses i do use some longer and harder tips then what comes with the engraver. I use both the dremel and generic versions of it but im getting where i prefer the dremel name brand tool for the finer work. Unfortunatly my source for bits are out of stock and unknown when or if they will get more.

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Thanks for all the replies. I use a generic now but it stinks at taking the real hard matrix off. Very fine detail it's good. That's why I was thinking pneumatic but I tend to be in the garage about 2am working. She doesn't do well without enough sleep.. Unhappy wife, unhappy life as the saying goes. 

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I feel your pain on the compressor noise. I often find myself up in the wee hours of the morning (as I am now) and would love to put the time to better use than trolling TFF :P but life would be short if I fired up the scribes and the compressor woke the wife.

 

 I’m planning to add a room onto my prep lab in order to house the compressor and provide for additional specimen storage. A bit of soundproofing will keep from bothering the neighbors and moving the compressor out of the garage will keep the wife sleeping happily. It’s a win-win. The only detractor is the cost of lumber these days! :default_faint:

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3 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

I feel your pain on the compressor noise. I often find myself up in the wee hours of the morning (as I am now) and would love to put the time to better use than trolling TFF :P but life would be short if I fired up the scribes and the compressor woke the wife.

 

 I’m planning to add a room onto my prep lab in order to house the compressor and provide for additional specimen storage. A bit of soundproofing will keep from bothering the neighbors and moving the compressor out of the garage will keep the wife sleeping happily. It’s a win-win. The only detractor is the cost of lumber these days! :default_faint:

Why not invest in the source?

 

https://www.airtoolsguy.com/quietest-air-compressor-reviews/

 

never worked with a “quiet” compressor  but it is the first thing I would improve 

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4 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

the cost of lumber these days

Amen to that! :DOH:

 

I woodwork as a hobby and often give what I make away to friends or family and I feel like the price has near doubled for some less common wood over the past 2 years.

*Frank*

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28 minutes ago, R0b said:

Why not invest in the source?

 

https://www.airtoolsguy.com/quietest-air-compressor-reviews/

 

never worked with a “quiet” compressor  but it is the first thing I would improve 


the problem with quiet compressors is the output and tank volume. The biggest one has a tank that is only 8 gallons. That’s barely enough, if not too small. It also can only put out 2.5 cfm. You want at least 4-6 cfm for running prep tools without overtaxing the compressor. My compressor has a 21 gallon tank and pushes 6.2 cfm and it can’t keep up with my Super Jack at full power. I have to run it at 1/2 capacity for the comp to keep up. I’m eyeballing a new comp that can push 11 cfm with a 40 gallon tank but that would require running a 240v circuit to the lab if I move the compressor.

 

 

4 minutes ago, FB003 said:

Amen to that! :DOH:

 

I woodwork as a hobby and often give what I make away to friends or family and I feel like the price has near doubled for some less common wood over the past 2 years.


Yep, I had to buy some 2x4s this summer and they were $8 each! They’re down a bit now but still double what they were a few years ago. Last summer I bought a bunch of walnut to make a countertop and just about broke the bank getting it home.

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The other noisy elephant in the room -- even if one could acquire a "quiet" compressor with both volume and good CFM (not likely) -- is considering dust collection. Shop vacs and other dust collection systems are not known for being whisper quiet, so add quite a few decibels to the set-up. ;) 

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17 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said:


the problem with quiet compressors is the output and tank volume. The biggest one has a tank that is only 8 gallons. That’s barely enough, if not too small. It also can only put out 2.5 cfm. You want at least 4-6 cfm for running prep tools without overtaxing the compressor.

Not completely surprised by that my suggestion was a little bit to obvious.

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15 minutes ago, R0b said:

Not completely surprised by that my suggestion was a little bit to obvious.


I wish there was an adequate compressor that didn’t shake your teeth loose when it kicks on.

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1 minute ago, Ptychodus04 said:


I wish there was an adequate compressor that didn’t shake your teeth loose when it kicks on.

If you’re tying your head to the compressor motor, you’re doing prep wrong. :P 

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4 hours ago, Kane said:

If you’re tying your head to the compressor motor, you’re doing prep wrong. :P 


I was wondering why I always get a headache when I prep. :default_rofl:

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