Friday, February 11, 2005

Filing, part deux...

  Just finished filing down the first of three replacement wards.  Much happier with the results.  The ward is much more square and I did a much better job with the filing.  I worked in a much more systematic way this time which helped with the final results.  Also, the shaft this time is rectagular rather than square which will give me a more secure fit when I attach it to the plate.

  The pic below shows the ward.  It also shows a partial gate hinge and pair of scissors that I played with making last weekend.  Neither the hinge or scissors are actually finished.  Just did those for the fun of it.


These next there pics show the ward from a few different angles.  Note that the shaft is an extension of part of the cross.  This allowed me to more easily file the ward to be a nice true cross shape.




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