Working with brass is very satisfying

[Janderso]

We are having our house painted.
The owner saw my shop and asked if I could make some decorative brass screws??
Ah, yeah!

This is what he asked for. He said he couldn't buy anything at the hardware store that did the trick.
I'll make 10 of these for him. A little horse trading. 5/16" thread, 1 inch long.

I told him I could make acorn nuts, hex, not quite ready to do Torx or Phillips??

 

[markba633csi]

Nice. I can see how making brass clock parts would get addicting too

 

[Janderso]

Nice. I can see how making brass clock parts would get addicting too

Click Spring makes everything look easy. He uses a lot of brass in his clock making profession..
Check out his filing techniques, pure genius.

 

[savarin]

Nice, I love working with brass, except for all those ultra fine needles that attack you everywhere.

 

[MikeInOr]

Nicely done. Did you single point thread them or use a die?

 

[Bi11Hudson]

This is what he asked for. He said he couldn't buy anything at the hardware store that did the trick.

Most brass I have been able to lay my hands on these days is steel with a brass plating. That's why I use a lot of brazing rod for the small stuff I make. Brass fasteners are almost out of the question, keystock can be found (sometimes), and Amazon has some sheet stock. For screws that size, he was doing good to stumble over someone that could make them.

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[woodchucker]

Nicely done. Did you single point thread them or use a die?

I was going to ask the same..

Very well done.

 

[Janderso]

Nicely done. Did you single point thread them or use a die?

I used a die

 

[MikeInOr]

I used a die

That is what I would have done too!

 

[gunsmither]

Nice work Janderso. Brass is fun to work with, but like savarin said, the little chippers can be nasty! I have a set of drill bits with the cutting edges
dulled so the bits don't grab so badly and pull thru into brass.