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Title: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: budman68 on May 21, 2010, 11:52:52 AM

Here are 2 pairs of sterling silver earings I made (not the findings) for my wife and daughter. This is my first time actually cutting silver and wasn't too bad at all.

For my daughter, I made a pair of little "scroll" earings that have the cougar mascot, 2010, and little bit of scroll work to spruce it up a bit.

For my wife, I drew up a simple little abstract heart, as she loves hearts. Hopefully, she'll be inclined to stay married to me a little longer, as we'll be celebrating our 21st Anniversary next week.

Thanks,
Dave

 

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: Dan13 on May 21, 2010, 12:03:26 PM

Good job, Dave! These look very professional!

Thanks for showing.

Daniel

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: budman68 on May 21, 2010, 12:08:57 PM

You're very kind, Dan, thank you.

Knock on wood, I didn't "scrap" any silver as of yet either, lol!  :D

Dave

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: Sam on May 21, 2010, 10:56:38 PM

Those look great Dave, I'm sure they will please. Congrats on the 21st. Thanks for sharing your work with us!

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on May 22, 2010, 12:27:06 PM

Great work Dave, building up the Brownie points eh.

Chris will have to watch out when you start on the rings  ;D.

Tweakie.

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: budman68 on May 22, 2010, 02:12:49 PM

Nah, I'm beyond brownie points, I'm into the filet mignon points by now  ;D

Seriously, these girls are so good to me, this is a drop in the bucket as compared what they mean to me.

As for Chris and his rings, I think you have to be born with talent and creativity like that, which is something I ain't got!  :D

Thanks all,
Dave

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: Jammerm on May 24, 2010, 09:02:17 PM

Congrats on 21 years. 8)

Very nice work. Be prepared for all senior class girls to be at your door for their pair. Maybe that was what you were thinking. ::)
But one of a kind makes it special.

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: Chris.Botha on May 25, 2010, 06:57:40 PM

Hey dude! Nice! I have never cut any metal other than AL.. what cutter, what feed, what depth and stepover! MUST KNOW!

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: budman68 on May 26, 2010, 05:31:18 PM

Thanks for the kind words Jammerm!  :)

Quote from: Chris.Botha on May 25, 2010, 06:57:40 PM

Hey dude! Nice! I have never cut any metal other than AL.. what cutter, what feed, what depth and stepover! MUST KNOW!

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the kind words, bro, much appreciated. For through cutting, the cutter was an Onsrud .005 X 30 deg incl. engraving bit and I took it very slow only taking .005" per pass (through .025") and only about 3-4 IPM's with .002 stepover. I did not use coolant as it would have lifted the 2 faced tape, so I'm sure if you have a better way of securing it, the speed could be bumped up a bit. I didn't want to clamp it down as to mar the surrounding silver as this stuff is fairly soft. I just cut a piece the size I needed and used that. The drag engraving part of my daughters earings I ran at 10 IPM's as there's not a lot of resistance there. I also use backlash compensation when running these tiny little engraving jobs as this way I get no steps, whatsoever, in my letters and drawings.

Thanks again-
Dave

Title: Re: Some New Gifts of Silver
Post by: Chris.Botha on May 28, 2010, 01:14:37 AM

Thanks for info dude.. A spare time project of mine is to mill a wax, with 0.025 to 0.050mm stock left, with a fixture I need to develop yet, cast the bugger with fixture inplace, then remount via said fixture so I can run a finishing pass over it. I am determined to pull this off.. one day ;)