{"id":2609,"date":"2014-02-04T16:14:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2014-03-04T18:55:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:55:26","slug":"dried-sardine-scalpel-and-reliquary-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2609","title":{"rendered":"Dried Sardine Scalpel and Reliquary – Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now it’s time to make some of the accessory items, including rivets and eyes for the scalpel.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’m using my Sherline lathe to turn a small piece of moose antler for the eyes. \u00a0This little cylinder will extend through the entire knife, and is an important item in the knife structure, acting as a pin as well as being decorative.<\/p>\n

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\nHere, I’m drilling the hole through the antler pin to install the horn pupils.<\/p>\n

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\nTest fitting the moose antler pin\/eyes before removing the antler from the lathe. \u00a0If I remove the antler before the fit is correct, I’ll never get it reinstalled and centered if I need to trim a little more off.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, a small sliver of dark cow horn installed, ready to turn the tiny pupil cylinder. \u00a0This cylinder will extend all the way through from one side of the sardine to the other.<\/p>\n

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\nCarefully turning the horn pupil cylinder to diameter.<\/p>\n

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\nBeginning to create the silver rivets. \u00a0This is the top side of my tiny little blacksmith’s “nail header”.<\/p>\n

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\nThe bottom side of the nail header. \u00a0Note the larger holes partially drilled through to provide clearance so the rivet wire doesn’t bind tight and can be removed.<\/p>\n

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\nThe 16 gauge wire with melted blob installed in the nail header <\/p>\n

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, ready to peen the rivet head.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>The rivet head peened.<\/p>\n

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\nTest fitting a rivet in the front pin hole.<\/p>\n

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\nThe rivet needs to be trimmed to proper length.<\/p>\n

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\nThe rivet trimmed to length – a little more than one wire diameter above the surface of the shibuichi scale seems to work well for me.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here are the moose antler pin, the cow horn pupil pin, and the two 16 gauge silver rivets ready to install.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>All the elements ready for final assembly.
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\n<\/a>And, above, everything installed, epoxied, and peened.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now it’s time to make some of the accessory items, including rivets and eyes for the scalpel. Above, I’m using my Sherline lathe to turn a small piece of moose antler for the eyes. \u00a0This little cylinder will extend through … 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],"tags":[9,3,7,17,16,4,26],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-G5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2632,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2632","url_meta":{"origin":2609,"position":0},"title":"Dried Sardine Scalpel and Reliquary – Finishing Up – Part 6","date":"February 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Finally finished! \u00a0It's only been a year in the works............. 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