Jeweling metals, need info

**rendoman** · Jul 17, 2018, 06:04 PM

Hi all!
I tried engine turning - jeweling, that's the front panel of my Esl headphone project. Not a perfect job, but good as first real attempt, not with small test plate.
Unluckily leather pad glued to wooden rod disappeared, the wood did a nice job. Due to little experience in jeweling with the lack of a good tool, the circles are not all equal, plus I made some errors, it's hard to see the pattern under the emery paste without cleaning. Another difficult point is the square and large shape, it's easier to see errors, above all with more than 1K circles.
I will trim and polish the edges, as scheduled.

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**Frank S** · Jul 17, 2018, 06:47 PM

Rendoman I have a philosophy about slight imperfections which may occur when doing projects like this. First off your panel looks great to me from the pictures. Secondly any slight imperfections are proof that the panel was not purchased ready made. To me this makes it worth a lot more.

**rendoman** · Jul 17, 2018, 07:17 PM

Thank you very much Frank!

**cdakers** · Jul 17, 2018, 09:53 PM

Looks great! Slight imperfections don't detract from the appearance at all, and only amplify the handmade, one of a kind nature of your work. You have inspired me to try this myself. Looking forward to seeing what I can do to improve the appearance of some of my handmade bits and pieces. I have plenty of firearm and motorcycle parts that could be improved in this manner.

**rendoman** · Jul 18, 2018, 07:05 AM

Thank you cdakers!
I'm thinking a good way to make the "right" tool, able to mark the metal every shot the same circle. In this little panel I made more or less 1150 dots, 3 seconds with light pressure, with a good layer of abrasive, maybe the wooden rod was too hard.
I'm thinking about making another big plate (250x300mm soft alu) with wine cork, for sure softer than wooden dowel. This panel will be the top casing, useful to stand the headset when not used.
About firearms… I have only one rifle with jewels, it's the 700 model in 416 rem, it would really nice to prepare bolts and parts

**PJs** · Jul 20, 2018, 02:05 PM

Mighty Fine Job on the panel Stefano!! A lot of work and learning really paid off. Perfection is one of those things sought after but never really attained, just approached...yours is at 98% in my book! Well done!

PJ