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Lostwaxoz — Flowers of time
Published: 2011-06-21 22:05:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1782; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 0
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Sterling silver cast flower using the lost wax method, brass recycled watch gears riveted on to flower. Mildly steampunk. Handmade by me.Related content
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rivet the gears... BRILLIANT. I have so many of those little watch gears, and I've been trying to think of ways besides soldering to attach them to other metal. You are a genius.
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Yep, if you use hard silver solder, you anneal the little gears, and they bend too easily, and I try not to use soft solder. That only leaves mechanical fastening. If you get the rivets right, you can have it so the gears can still spin.
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very cool! I used some extra easy solder paste for a few projects, it was reeeeaaally tedious.
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