{"id":277,"date":"2018-07-03T22:33:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T03:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2020-11-06T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:19:09","slug":"cuff-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Cuff Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A pair of cuff links<\/strong> made from casts of the Scribner Ranch Brand<\/strong> using Delft clay. These were originally cast when making medallions for another project (that spanned a few casting sessions, so they were not both cast during the same session), but at just over 2 mm thick they were a little too thick for the medallions I was making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sterling Silver cuff links, Scribner Ranch Brand<\/strong>, work in progress (part 1).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When the first one came along, instead of filing it down to the correct thickness for the medallions, I set it aside thinking I might use it for *something*, since it was a clean cast and I didn’t want to waste the effort and clay sand used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was when a later casting came along that was also too thick (and a clean cast as well) that I found it was literally identical in thickness to the first, and the idea of a pair of cuff links came to mind. I thought they would be ideal for that, so ran with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For what it’s worth, they were thicker than my brass template as I had re-pressed the template into the clay to get a clearer definition of the brand, but on these two I had obviously pressed a little too hard, making the casts thicker than I wanted for the medallions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sterling Silver cuff links, Scribner Ranch Brand<\/strong>, work in progress (part 2).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I wanted these cuff links to be 100% handmade, so instead of using factory-made cuff link toggle bars soldered to the backs, I decided to use chain link and cross-bars that I had fashioned myself instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After cutting out the brand in an oval shape, I rolled out an ingot to the thickness I wanted to use for the cross-bars as square wire, and rolled up some round wire for the cuff link back, cross-bar and O-ring chain links (testing a couple sizes of chain link O-ring sizes and number of links needed to see what fit best when used with a cuff shirt).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then soldered on the half-rings to the backs of the casts and the O-rings onto the cross-bars, then soldered the links for the chain connecting the two, leaving the end links un-soldered until they were ready to be attached to the back of the cast faces and cross-bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I followed that with cleaning up the cuff link faces and cross-bars after the soldering (much easier to do at this point than after everything is connected), soldered on the chain links and readied the pieces for oxidizing and final cleanup\/polishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and the picture of the cuff link on the shirt in the collage didn’t turn out very well (I’m not much of a photographer)… it almost looks like brass, but it’s not! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A pair of cuff links made from casts of the Scribner Ranch Brand using Delft clay. These were originally cast when making medallions for another project (that spanned a few casting sessions, so they were not both cast during the same session), but at just over 2 mm thick they were a little too thick … <\/p>\n

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