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Telegraph Key USB Drive #5
Here are all the parts, shaped and smoothed. And everything assembled and adjusted from the front side. And from the back. I needed a spring for the telegraph key – turns out a ballpoint pen spring was perfect.
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Telegraph Key USB Drive #4
Tapped the bottom plate with 4-40 threads for four socket cap screws and two phillips heads. Above is everything fastened together to test the fit. Starting to refine the forms of the brass parts, above is a side view of … Continue reading
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Telegraph Key USB Drive #3
Above, I marked the spots I’ll be drilling using a Sharpie and a set of dividers. If you look closely you can see the little cross marks in the red areas. Here, I’ve used my NSK micromotor grinder and a … Continue reading
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Telegraph Key USB Drive #2
Glued up the pieces temporarily with small drops of superglue, and sanded everything nice, square and flush using my disk sander. Above, using a file to clean up the end parts so the cross piece will sit level. I used … Continue reading
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Telegraph Key USB Drive #1
Since I finished up the “Puget Sound Dagger” I finally found time to start on my daughter’s Christmas present. Since Christmas is over, I can show it to you! It’s going to be a “steampunk” (Victorian-styled with lots of brass stuff) … Continue reading
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“Puget Sound Dagger” Finished!
The BladeGallery folks really take excellent photos. Here are the final pictures, courtesy of BladeGallery.com:
Making the “Puget Sound Dagger” Day 9
More background removal. And I thought the front side background removal was tedious. Look at all of those tiny little nooks and crannies! Here the background is removed. And everything inked. At long last, this side is finished! And, finally, … Continue reading
Making the “Puget Sound Dagger” Day 8
Here’s the design for the other side of the knife, finally. A real pain, it took two days to get this right, drawing and redrawing everything… In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the design aspects of this that are the … Continue reading
Making the “Puget Sound Dagger” Day 7
I spent the day removing the background, a fairly tedious operation, but so worth it. This really makes the whole piece come alive. I generally use an NSK micromotor grinder (35,000 rpm) and tiny carbide burrs to remove the metal … Continue reading
Making the “Puget Sound Dagger” Day 6
I finally finished the design to be engraved on one side of the knife. I’ll be putting in more secondary elements than are shown in this design once these lines are cut – the little doodads will need to shoehorned … Continue reading