More Brass Work

I am still alive, I promise...just very busy :-)

Now that I know how to work with brass on the lathe I have been having loads of fun with it. First up is this candlestick, it is Dutch and dates from about 1650.

A close up of the three pieces that makes up the candlestick. The screw was made using a tap and die set.

I taught this as a class at our club recently, for most of the students this was their first time turning brass on a lathe and they had lots of fun, here are two of the students with their candlesticks.

Next I made all of these little pieces...

It is hardware for this dressing table mirror dating from about 1800, the candlestick in this photo was made by Bill Robertson.

With the drawers open, I will be teaching this piece soon at our South African convention.

And lastly another tilt top table latch, I posted lots of step by step photos on the IGMA forum if you want to see how I made it.

All screwed together, now I need to start working on the table for this latch :-)

Have a great week everyone.
Elga

18th Century Brass Latch

In my last post I told you about my class in Tune Denmark, making the wine decanter. When I came home I started working on and off on making a brass latch for my tilt and turn tea table that I made back in 2012, using all my newly acquired skills. Here is the finished table made of mopane wood.

The latch is based on a real antique latch from the 18th century, here is my mini version.

The body of the latch was made out of a solid piece of 2mm thick brass, with a 1,2mm hole drilled into it for the bolt part of the latch, I used a spring on the bottom end of the bolt to ensure that the latch will stay in the closed position...we don't want teacups flying all over the place :-) The tiny knob was turned on the lathe and threaded to screw into the hole that I drilled and tapped in the bolt.

And here it is finished and installed on the table.

Time for tea I think.

Have a great week everybody.

Elga