{"id":1626,"date":"2012-04-24T16:54:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T16:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2012-04-24T16:54:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T16:54:41","slug":"experimenting-with-titanium-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1626","title":{"rendered":"Experimenting with Titanium part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally finished. \u00a0I sculpted the other moth using a flat graver and a fairly large hardened steel punch. \u00a0I did finally go with stippling the background with a sharp, four sided punch, but initially had some problems with the steel stipple tip I used. \u00a0It would work for a few stipples, then immediately dull, turned into a smooth tipped sculpting punch by the tough titanium. \u00a0I solved the problem by turning a small carbide bur into a stippling punch. \u00a0That worked like a charm! \u00a0Now I need to order some chains.
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Finally finished. \u00a0I sculpted the other moth using a flat graver and a fairly large hardened steel punch. \u00a0I did finally go with stippling the background with a sharp, four sided punch, but initially had some problems with the steel … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,5,28],"tags":[9,3,7,10,29],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-qe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4102,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4102","url_meta":{"origin":1626,"position":0},"title":"Centipede Tactical Lanyard Bead (and Others…)","date":"October 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent the last two days making titanium blanks for a pair of earrings and a couple tactical beads. 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