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    Hi Dave, I've seen your website, can't remember...

    Hi Dave,
    I've seen your website, can't remember when I first viewed it, but it may have been when I was looking for confirmation of some details back in 2009 when preparing to publish this page on...
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    Pete, it's a commercially produced Jewellery...

    Pete,
    it's a commercially produced Jewellery Disk Cutter. I bought it more than 30 years ago, and have used it VERY often.
    It is used on non ferrous metals up to 2mm. I've used it to cut Platunum,...
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    caskwarrior, Where in Melb are you? I'm at Main...

    caskwarrior,
    Where in Melb are you? I'm at Main Ridge on the Mornington Pen.
    This my disc cutter, we could punch them out in a few minutes.
    There are any number of wineries, cafes and even a...
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    Bob, Great to see this project on the...

    Bob,
    Great to see this project on the front-burner.
    Retirement, hehe, now the real work starts!
    I've a brother in law who's always winging about how his retirement from teaching consists of going...
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    Ken, talk about a coincidence! Cheers,...

    Ken,

    talk about a coincidence!

    Cheers,
    Peter

    //metalworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=199891&referrerid=20480
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    Little lathes

    Ken,
    after your post about watch and jewellery tools .....
    On the way to the big green store, stopped at the CFA garage sale yesterday morning.

    WELL, I'll be buttered on both sides! :o:o:o
    ...
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    Ken, I don't understand why you don't get it in...

    Ken,
    I don't understand why you don't get it in English???
    Couple of cropped screen shots....
    Cheers,
    Peter


    http://www.petermcbride.com/temp/images/trove1.jpg
    ...
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    Ken, Here are the some of the punch marks I told...

    Ken,
    Here are the some of the punch marks I told you about.
    Those of W Slomell, the pipe maker, silversmith and ivory & shell worker from Royal Arcade Melb.
    His other tools are here

    Peter
    ...
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    Hi Ken, I have about 20 punches of jewellers...

    Hi Ken,
    I have about 20 punches of jewellers working in the late 1800s to early 1900s.
    Your Punch marks are very, very interesting to me.
    I've done some searching after looking closely at the mark...
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    Ken, I just sent a PM with my details. I'd love...

    Ken,
    I just sent a PM with my details.
    I'd love to have a chat about those punches.

    Cheers,
    Peter
    .....Who has his own set of that kind of punches!!!
    Peter McBride Goldsmith Jeweller
  11. Michael, You had it right first time. They are a...

    Michael,
    You had it right first time. They are a very basic torch.
    In the past they were just a tube with a gas flame at the end, and a blowpipe in the mouth.
    A spirit lamp or candle will make a...
  12. Looks like this might work ... first video I've...

    Looks like this might work ... first video I've put up here.
    Please excuse the rubbish music in the back ground, the iPod decided I needed some jangling instead of calming tunes.
    There are some...
  13. Bob, Thanks for that. I made a video, and did a...

    Bob,
    Thanks for that.
    I made a video, and did a solder joint using my mouth blown torch, with medium silver solder on brass. (I'll try and embed a video in the next post .... )
    After about 10...
  14. Beck, plenty of observations that seem pretty...

    Beck,
    plenty of observations that seem pretty close to mine about our jewellery supply chain. :C

    These folk look like the go to place for boracic acid!
    Boric acid

    Try this procedure on a...
  15. Hi Beck, What solder and flux are you using? A...

    Hi Beck,
    What solder and flux are you using?
    A picture of a problem joint will help me suggest removal strategies. My bench is covered in tools to remove metal in many different applications.

    A...
  16. Might be of some use to explain what is happening...

    Might be of some use to explain what is happening to the copper and brass, and how to avoid the problem.
    A critical lesson to learn in jewellery making is to look more than a few steps to ahead to...
  17. What kind of solder and flux did you use? Was...

    What kind of solder and flux did you use?
    Was there instructions on the flux for removal?
    Peter

    Peter McBride Goldsmith Jeweller
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    Ray, aroma therapy! For me there is one works...

    Ray,
    aroma therapy!
    For me there is one works best .... essence of wet dog.
    Next best .... the careful mixing of two more......
    Essence of freshly cut lawn combined with essence of freshly opened...
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    Some appropriate signage maybe?...

    Some appropriate signage maybe?
    Onlookers..:U:U:U... perhaps I should put a jar on top of the fridge?

    BTW, This old sign was at a public swimming pool...."Onlookers" ... it was a much different...
  20. Ron & Andrew I use borax when making small...

    Ron & Andrew
    I use borax when making small jewellers tools.
    It works VERY well.
    Here is a 12mm long piece of 6mm round silver steel I quickly cut and played with.
    Warmed it up and dipped half of...
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    Josh, probably the same principle as my 6 & 8mm...

    Josh,
    probably the same principle as my 6 & 8mm watch lathes...
    Draw-bar pulls them over a taper, and opens them up.
    I use this one often, especially to make bevelled wedding rings (like the...
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    That's all very nice...but THIS is a ball turning...

    That's all very nice...but THIS is a ball turning tool...
    From this absolutely amazing page...
    William Doxford and Sons - SN Guides
    Regards,
    Peter
    ...
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    Robert, I'm on the Mornington Peninsula south of...

    Robert,
    I'm on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne.
    The thinner the metal, the easier it will be to punch them.
    1.0mm would be better still.

    Here is one supplier.

    Australian...
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    Ueee, Sometimes the written word misses the...

    Ueee,
    Sometimes the written word misses the mark...no need for any apology. Got myself in trouble often enough....

    Just a mash hammer....but a carefully directed straight hit, not in the arc.

    ...
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    It would be straight forward to make a punch and...

    It would be straight forward to make a punch and die without a lathe, just the drill press....but a couple of other tools I think might not be in Robert's tool kit. It would be a nice adventure in...
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    Greg, No lathe.... Well, do you have a drill...

    Greg,
    No lathe....
    Well, do you have a drill press?
    168 of anything is going to take lots of time. I have a fully equipped jewellery workshop, including a very fancy vintage miniature German...
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    Damien, have a look here...with some pictures.....

    Damien,
    have a look here...with some pictures..
    http://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/coping-fret-jewellers-123982/index2.html#post1210281

    Regards,
    Peter
    PS. this brooch was about 80mm or bigger....
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    scale...?

    I saw the question in another place, and went to answer and it was locked????
    A quick scan of the posts here, and the link to wiki seem to give me no scale.
    How big is this thing.
    How big is each...
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    Thanks for the pictures and the advice all of...

    Thanks for the pictures and the advice all of you.
    What has me intrigued is why there is such a lovely set of dovetail ways on the table, if not to slide a jig across the face of a cup shaped...
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    Waldown knife / blade grinder, Info Wanted

    Two parts of a tool, separated years ago before I owned them, came back together yesterday.
    The grinder is a Waldown Bench Grinder, Type "T", 3000 RPM, 240V, 0.3 Hp.
    click on the pictures for a...
  31. Bob, if you saw the stuff in my projects boxes...

    Bob,
    if you saw the stuff in my projects boxes .... some of it goes back 10 years and more!

    Looking good!

    BTW...
    Someone contacted me last year wanting to buy a plane, a corporate gift for a...
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    Garry, That is intereting..... Could you expand...

    Garry,
    That is intereting.....
    Could you expand on those short, sharp comments so I can understand how you came to those conclusions about Watt?
    Regards,
    Peter
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    A good read...

    For those interested in the history of steam, invention and how it relates to a system of patent protection, and a discussion about why the industrial revolution happened where it did, and not in...
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    I don't know on third!

    I don't know on third!
  35. FF, if you take a 12mm drill, slice it of with a...

    FF,
    if you take a 12mm drill, slice it of with a thin disc in an angle grinder, leaving only about 20mm of fluting. Then in a lathe, or drill in a vice, turn it on and using the grinder again gently...
  36. fearlessfiler

    I genuinely misread your user name as fearlessfiler :doh:... and was sitting here with my head slightly tilted sideways, wondering why you were asking.

    Regards,
    Peter....a slightly dyslexic...
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    kraits, Must have been asleep last time I...

    kraits,
    Must have been asleep last time I answered this question.
    Old car radiators, especially the top and bottom tanks.
    Regards,
    Peter
    busy selling off old Jeep bits....including old...
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    When I want brass, I go to the metal recycle...

    When I want brass, I go to the metal recycle place and look over the rack of scraps. Exruded brass like #380 has stiations along the surface, and it realy rings with a high note when hit. The #260...
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    Will, The harder brasses like #380 have a very...

    Will,
    The harder brasses like #380 have a very good machinability, so will take a cut thread well (not rolled). And will be effectively stronger.
    With a sharp die you will cut a thread nice and...
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    Stuart, you might, but it would need to be in an...

    Stuart,
    you might, but it would need to be in an alternate dimension...I'm in a 3 dimensional universe...I think you are working in a 2 dimensional, or 1 dimensional universe
    5x5x100 = 2500 cubic...
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    Will, is there any need for the wire to have...

    Will,
    is there any need for the wire to have acoustic properties? Like transmit the sound wave?
    As understand it, the sound comes from the strings vibrating on the saddle and bridge, but on yours...
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    Yep Kraits, you have.:2tsup: Choosing the wrong...

    Yep Kraits,
    you have.:2tsup:
    Choosing the wrong brass.
    Here are two pieces of brass.
    BOTTOM piece.... "Cartridge brass" #260 It is nominally 70% copper 30 % zinc, and is called that because it...
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    Bob, great to see this back up and...

    Bob,
    great to see this back up and running.:2tsup:

    A local enthusiast has been making a little dovetailed chariot plane, and has been back an forth a few times over the last couple of months...
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    I use the Busch...

    I use the Busch brand of burs. They are available in a huge range of shapes. I use whichever one gives me the result I want in the cut, and removes material that I want gone. Often the shape of the...
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    certainly do... Peter McBride Goldsmith -...

    certainly do...
    Peter McBride Goldsmith - Jeweller

    Regards,
    Peter
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    Bob, Is my memory serving me well? That bronze...

    Bob,
    Is my memory serving me well?
    That bronze plane had the misfortune to get a set of holes forward of the throat...and that was the brick wall:?
    If you hadn't thought about a solution...or...
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    Peter, the pre-war models are dovetailed, the...

    Peter,
    the pre-war models are dovetailed, the larger postwar models were machined out of a channel.
    I'll do a page on this 17 1/2 inch plane soon.
    BTW, Bob could have chosen the parallel sided...
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    Bob, truly impressed with how this plane is...

    Bob,
    truly impressed with how this plane is appearing out of the cast iron block!

    To perhaps whet your appetite for another style of plane making, have a look at this page.
    A look inside a...
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    Ray, I made a couple of knurling wheels in...

    Ray,
    I made a couple of knurling wheels in silver steel, by hand using a bur in the handpiece of the flexdrive, like I did with your RG name punch, just to see if I could.
    Here it is in a temp...
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    Ray, done. Peter

    Ray,
    done.
    Peter
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