Zelda triforce cufflinks

[rivenwanderer]

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[inever]

Man, those turned out awesome!

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.

[siobhan_1]

Within 1 mm? That's just nuts! Were you using some sort of futuristic laser operating device?

[inever]

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.

[rivenwanderer]

Thanks!

How big was the square? Was 1mm the thickness or the size of the sides of the square?

[inever]

The metal thickness was 1mm. The size of the square was 12mmx12mm. So the side planes had to also be perfectly flat to make the 90 degree corners.