This chain has been soldered and diamond-cut on a lathe. It has not been polished since and if you look closely you can see light drag marks where the diamond tooling tracked on the flat areas. What do you think of this raw, industrial looking chain?
This chain is awaiting polishing / finishing after the diamond cutting stage.
How does wire get from square to round? Check out my short new video!
I’m obsessed with this chunky, square-cut chain style right now. Is it just for gents or could the ladies pull it off?
Diamond Cut Round Cable Chain
Current headache… why does the Strand Annealer not spool how I would like it to? #problems #respool #luggage
Update: Luckily I have the guru AKA Murray available to help me find a solution. We spent the morning problem solving and now things are running much more smoothly (to the delight of Buddy who was re-spooling all the rejects!)
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A ‘pencil’ is a cast billet of metal that can be fabricated in to other products. In this example it is rolled down in to ‘square wire’ (see first photo). Once it is a small enough gauge, ‘dies’ will be … Continue reading