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Filigree cloakpin
Published: 2013-04-13 16:44:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 12900; Favourites: 794; Downloads: 0
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Story: So the jewelers guild that my girlfriend and i belong too, have a few jewelry cases at the largest rock and gem show in Canada. They were asking the members to make some sort of pin or broach, so i decided to go the opposite rout of everyone else in the group and make myself a cloakpin. As one of the ladies in the group pointed out it works amazingly well as a hair tie.Circle: Made from high temperage aircraft aluminum.
Size: Outer diameter 3"
Process:
1-Designed in photoshop and printed out on paper
2-glued paper too metal with glue-stick
3-drilled holes with #70 drillbit
4-Hand sawed center area, then filigree areas with a self tensioning jewelers saw and 3 ought blades
5- hand filed the seperate levels then beveled the filigree areas
6-sanding and polished
Center Pin: Square bar aluminum stock
Process:
1-cut proper length of stock
2-inserted into vice and turned by hand with a cresent wrench to achieve spiral
3-hand filed grip area and piercing point.
4-poished
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Comments: 118
Beautiful job. thanks for showing the steps you took to make it, really shows just how hard you worked on it.
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Thank you, i mainly look to inspire!
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How do you find the aluminum for working compared to other metals like silver or copper? I've never worked with it before and I'm curious. Absolutely fantastic piercing work also!
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Aluminum is my favorite metal to work with. I am a little biased as my first industrial jobs were making aluminum railings and aircraft, so they were eye openers too what an interesting metal it is, ESPECIALLY since most people are afraid to work with it.
Pro's: Relative to silver or copper, it is CHEEP. It doesn't really corrode, unless you rubb steel on it. it is a strong metal. light weight, so you can make things way thicker for ascetics.
Con's: easy to scratch, doesnt hold a mirror finish. dulls blades faster.
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Such a beautiful piece~
I used this picture as a base reference for a drawing here: [link]
Thank you!
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thank you, that is what i was aiming for
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Very beautiful and reminds me of Celtic jewelry [link]
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while a beautifull piece, i hope you have considered "brittle" hair.
The inner edges seem quite sharp (even if nicely rounded due to the small thickness)
I am afraid this piece should have been somewhat thicker to be usuable for every day use. (I guess putting it in practice will tell)
Otherwise beautifully crafted propably took you a long long time to make
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This is such a beautiful piece of art; I wish I could do it like you!
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Thank you, wasn't very hard, more tedious. I have allot of patience though
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So wonderfully beautiful. Awesome job! Would greatly be adored im sure!
~hazel
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thank you, seems to be garnering allot of attention.
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You are very welcome! Its really nice, deserves attention.
~hazel
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Congratulations on your well-deserved DD!!!
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thank you muchly
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nope, everything is done by hand with hand tools.....well i drilled a handful of holes with a cordless drill
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Wow that pin must have been a pain.
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not overly, just tedious
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What kind of hand tools did you say you used?
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When i posted the photo i included the process of how i made it, i try to do it for all my submissions recently.
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Oh! Sorry for the dumb question. I was most curious about the pin. Ok, and thanks!
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Not a problem, glad you liked my work!
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As a machinist it made me curious.
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Nice effects. Looks about as good as silver. Doesn't the aluminum gum up a bit in the saw?
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if you use a harder aluminum it doesn't gum up the blade, but they still tend to dull allot faster then any other metal
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True enough. Except for the time I was asked to saw through tool steel with a jeweler's saw to make a die...
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Yeah i would imagine that would dull it faster, i just assumed with a high carbon steel you wouldn't be able to saw through with a jewelers saw
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We did, slowly, and had to hold the blade at a precise angle so it would create a cutting edge. I finally got the darn thing done after quite a few hours and about 12 broken blades.
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Hmm will have to try that. I'm sure the extra difficulty helps with other materials
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omg that would look so cool on my trench coat (if used as a pin) :3
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oh I would love to have something like that for my hair. that is truly stunning work.
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Thank you, i thought i would try to do a swanky piece instead of my usual simple and brutal designs.
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