Tracing Point
Tracing Point. The point which traces the three-dimensional design of a pattern on a pantograph or transfer engraving machine. For flat engraving the tracing point follows the pattern of the template.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor