I hear you on the difficulties of filing exact geometric shapes. One of my very first projects in school last year was to make a perfect square out of 1mm brass. We all struggled with it. Then our next project was to cut out out a perfect square WITHIN that square. It was murder.
The metal thickness was 1mm. We did it with hand tools. We had to be within .1mm to get a near perfect grade on it. I remember the days when I thought 1mm was a small measurement.
Thanks for the chance to see the work progression. Soldered shut? Oy.
(My husband went through a spell of making chainmail. He used butted links. But he did attempt for a bit to close the links the old fashioned way by riveting them closed. I'm probably not explaining it properly. But soldering sounds like a better idea).
The geometric symmetry looks great. It's amazing how pretty they get when they are polished up.
Thanks! This was my first project soldering multiple links together--usually I'm just closing up a single jump ring at the end of a chain, or connecting a pendant to a cord. It's a bit tricky to get the torch to go just where it's needed, but worth it for the increased durability. Riveting links closed sounds hardcore!
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I hear you on the difficulties of filing exact geometric shapes. One of my very first projects in school last year was to make a perfect square out of 1mm brass. We all struggled with it. Then our next project was to cut out out a perfect square WITHIN that square. It was murder.
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How big was the square? Was 1mm the thickness or the size of the sides of the square?
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(My husband went through a spell of making chainmail. He used butted links. But he did attempt for a bit to close the links the old fashioned way by riveting them closed. I'm probably not explaining it properly. But soldering sounds like a better idea).
The geometric symmetry looks great. It's amazing how pretty they get when they are polished up.
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