The straightline engraving machine has a long and rich history in the jewelry manufacturing industry. Its capabilities were exploited by many of the great companies including Fabergé and Cartier. Today it is being used by only a handful of jewelers, partly due to the machine's rarity but also because it is largely unknown to most jewelers. This paper will briefly cover its history followed by greater detail of how it works, what it can produce, and methods of setting the machine up for various tasks, along with a sampling of the many patterns it can engrave.

Author: G. Phil Poirier