Project Blog - Historic Sporrans / Brass Cantle Project

[artificer]

Ok, Scott... Now you're just showing off.

I wish it were the case. They simply don't exist. Give it a web search.

Appropriately sized brass turnings are barely available. The place I linked to on the first page has cut their stock offerings by a bit and also has $100 minimum order for STOCK parts.

Real silver ones do NOT exist. Apart from making them, my only other option is a jeweler. By the time I pay a jeweler to make them, I could afford the lathe AND the silver, still have the lathe for future work, and re-melt all the machined off silver for future use. As an additional benefit I can make things specifically to a commissioner's request.

In essence this situation is this entire project in miniature. It is simply something that doesn't exist, so I'm forced to make them.

My wife has already been advised

ith:

[Ryan Ross]

I wish it were the case. They simply don't exist. Give it a web search.

Appropriately sized brass turnings are barely available. The place I linked to on the first page has cut their stock offerings by a bit and also has $100 minimum order for STOCK parts.

Real silver ones do NOT exist. Apart from making them, my only other option is a jeweler. By the time I pay a jeweler to make them, I could afford the lathe AND the silver, still have the lathe for future work, and re-melt all the machined off silver for future use. As an additional benefit I can make things specifically to a commissioner's request.

In essence this situation is this entire project in miniature. It is simply something that doesn't exist, so I'm forced to make them.

My wife has already been advised

ith:

Hahaha- I'm just kidding you, Scott. You're just one of those rare folks who seems to be able to do everything... and honestly, I might be slightly jealous.

I imagine you'll have yourself some fun with a jewler's lathe, anyway. Like all of us folks, I'm certain you love getting new toys and making stuff with said toys. In your case, RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME stuff.

[artificer]

Hahaha- I'm just kidding you, Scott. You're just one of those rare folks who seems to be able to do everything... and honestly, I might be slightly jealous.

I imagine you'll have yourself some fun with a jewler's lathe, anyway. Like all of us folks, I'm certain you love getting new toys and making stuff with said toys. In your case, RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME stuff.

No worries, I knew you were just busting my chops.

It was more a venting of my incredible frustration at the lack of 'STUFF' in this world.

There are galaxies worth of widgets that are no longer made. I find it insanely frustrating that I'm made to make my own.

Where is the "Silver Widget" maker when you need him (or her)?

That said, I DO love new toys, except for the fact that they're constantly eating into my income. Sometimes obsessiveness about details is a curse (or so I'm told- by my VERY long-suffering wife, anyway).

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