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Posts: 266 05/22/2008 09:20	Tags : None I posted a couple weeks ago asking how to make ferrule plugs and got many great suggestions. Harry B. was gracious to send me several cork "sleeves". However, it turned out I needed a different size so I cut my own using a drill press and sharpened brass tubing for both the inner hole and the outer cut. I held the cork ring in place by tacking it to a slab of 3/8" balsa wood with hi-visc. Zap and accelerator and C-clamping the balsa board to my drill press table. I chose the balsa so the sharpened brass tubing wouldn't be dulled when exiting the cork. The cork sleeves turned out perfectly centered and smooth every time. I constructed the tops of the plugs out of sterling silver and silver soldered a brass rod on the bottom to hold the cork. The plug on the left is a bezel set montana agate cab and one on the right is petrified palm wood inlaid into a constructed silver "cup" then ground and polished in place. Kind of labor intensive for non-essential parts, but they turned out nice and it was a fun project. Thanks again for all the pointers! Last Edited By: tiptop 05/22/2008 09:22. Edited 1 time.
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greendrake ll		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 670 05/22/2008 09:32	Tiptop, Vey nice!They may be non essential but they will definately add a "touch of class"!
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Blitzen		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 830 05/22/2008 10:12	Very nice!!
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Longdaleflyfisher	Francy ferrule Plugs	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 19 05/22/2008 12:17	These look terrific. I know that a lot of effort went into the production. I sent you a pm with a question or two. Regards, LongdaleFlyfisher
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stephen kiley		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 249 05/22/2008 14:19	very nice love the agate.how hard is it to grind the stones to shape, thanks steve
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tiptop		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 268 05/22/2008 15:24	Steve -- Forgive the obvious answer, but it's very easy with the right tools! A softer stone like turquoise can be shaped and sanded with progressively finer grits all by hand and then polished on a buffing wheel with an all purpose polishing compound like Zam. But harder stones like jaspers and agates require at least carborundum grinding wheels but preferably diamond wheels from coarse to fine grit and a continuous water spray to shape and pre-polish. Polishing is then often done with a spinning leather disc that's been wetted with water and a polishing compound like tin oxide, cerium oxide, corundum powder, etc. With my tools the stone work on these two plugs didn't take much time -- the precise metal work is more time consuming. Actually, one of hardest parts is obtaining nice stone rough. Without high quality stone, the finished piece won't be as nice. If you're able to do the metal work, I would be willing to inlay and polish a piece of agate or other stone (in the style of the plug on the right) very inexpensively.
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stephen kiley		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 250 05/22/2008 15:40	tiptop take a look at the ferrule plugs and but cap inlays that i have bin doing with gemstone composites ,pictures in my profile.i would love to do some of these with real stone. thanks steve
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