Today we went back in time to the 60s to see how a skilled guy performs pantograph in the old way. Our guy was once a professional cyclist, who for the last 50 years has been pantographing for the cycling industry.

Visiting his workshop really brings you back, nothing has changed, the milling machines, procedures and parts are still the same.

Check out some more pictures of this process of engraving a fork crown.

A pantograph works in a fairly simple way, you make a mold to follow with a tracker. The right hand controls the tracker, following the lines of the engraving. The movement is transferred by a parallelogram to the actual drill that engraves the metal. This procedure is over 400 years old, but still to this day it works just fine, especially if you want to give your lugs and bike accessories a vintage feel.