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    I had a stack of brass plates (with a diamond shaped hole cut out the middle along with 8 fixturing holes) left over from that recent plaque job - I thought about weighing them in, but for the few quid I'd have got I decided I'd make something - chunky brass keyfobs/bottle-openers. I'll likely give a few away for promo purposes and maybe make a bunch which feature smarter artwork, which I'll try and sell. Dunno yet. I've got enough material for 60 of 'em...

    Photos below of what I came up with along with a video of in-situ milling down of the fixturing socket cap heads (A270 Stainless) to give me some extra clearance for the round-over pass. I expected it to go a lot worse than it did. No lube, just air, full depth, very small radial cut and spindle set at around 10K.

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    They feel quite nice in the hand, probably a bit too big to be practical as a key-fob and chances are they'll chew-up a bit with too much usage, but as a bit of a recycling novelty, what the hey.

    Wal.
    Last edited by Wal; 21-06-2019 at 02:14 AM.

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