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Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 3
Above, removing more out of the center area, and texturing it as I cut it away. Here, starting to round the branches (at 9 o’clock on the pendant), and relieving the rear wings of the dragonfly. Continuing on with the … Continue reading
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Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 2
Here’s the pendant with most of the areas sawed out with a jeweler’s saw and tiny, tiny blade. After a lot of filing to begin smoothing the saw cuts (thanks to my lousy sawing skills), I began cutting away the … Continue reading
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Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 1
Here’s my next project attempt! It’s a tsuba (Japanese sword guard) pendant with cherry branches, cherry blossoms and a dragonfly. The first image is a Photoshopped version of two antique tsuba, and the second image is my pattern I drew … Continue reading
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Telegraph Key USB Drive #7
Disassembled and ready to engrave the top copper plate. Here are the lines engraved in the top copper plate. The background removed, and a quick inking to see how it will look. Added the fine shading lines, then inked; ready … Continue reading
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Telegraph Key USB Drive #6
I turned a keypad from mild steel on the lathe, and soldered it in place with paste solder. Used Birchwood Casey Super Blue (cold gun blue) to darken the brass and steel of the telegraph key. I also soldered the … Continue reading
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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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