{"id":3338,"date":"2014-07-30T03:33:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T03:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2014-07-30T03:33:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T03:33:39","slug":"william-henry-engraved-longhorn-beetle-knife-part-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3338","title":{"rendered":"William Henry “Engraved Longhorn Beetle Knife” Part 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Above, I’ve been adding inlaid gold to the centipede legs. \u00a0The leg at the left is finished, and I’ve just used a brass punch to set the gold in the right leg.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove , you can still see a little waste gold hanging off the right side where I used the brass punch against the sharp steel top edge of the inlay cut as a shear to remove the excess. \u00a0Also, on the third leg from the left, you can see where I used a V graver to cut the top surface of the leg, followed by a flat graver driven in at the bottoms of the cut at right angles to the length of the cut. \u00a0This provides a gap on both sides at the bottom of the V cut for the soft gold to flow into and be trapped into place.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is after three and a half hours of work – almost done, but I’m tired and going further will increase the chances of a mistake dramatically, so that’s enough for today.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>And here is the whole Side B scale. \u00a0So close! \u00a0Have you noticed the tiny jumping spider at 1 o’clock? \u00a0My girls badgered me into putting that in, claiming it needed something in that area…never question your Better Half and her accompanying fan club…………….<\/p>\n

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

Above, I’ve been adding inlaid gold to the centipede legs. \u00a0The leg at the left is finished, and I’ve just used a brass punch to set the gold in the right leg. Above , you can still see a little … 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":[23,5,39],"tags":[9,3,7,4,40],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-RQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3283,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3283","url_meta":{"origin":3338,"position":0},"title":"William Henry “Engraved Longhorn Beetle Knife” Part 6","date":"July 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's where we left off (above). \u00a0Today is inlaying the gold into the antennae, and completing the bark around the antennae. 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