A 'Threepenny' Aerial
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:07 am
This one was a bit of a challenge and took a few months to complete, but we managed it in the end..
A little larger than usual, free-running Aerial design with a wider drum and made to an exacting detailed specification to include a removable line guard and variable check.
The backplate spine was cut and filed out from one piece of thick nickel-silver sheet and the inset brass 3d coin is a new and unissued one.
The wood is Amboyna burl.
The winders are made from "Tiger's Eye", the end of the brake lever from real mammoth tusk.
The line guard was cut from special bronze with a nickel leg silver-soldered to it; the agate liner itself can be removed and replaced if cracked.
The check can be varied by rotating the offset, triangular cam to an alternate position.
All screws are cut from tool steel and hardened.
It was quite absorbing to make but am in no hurry to make another quite like it!
Click on the pictures if they don't seem very clear.
Regards to all..
wm+
A little larger than usual, free-running Aerial design with a wider drum and made to an exacting detailed specification to include a removable line guard and variable check.
The backplate spine was cut and filed out from one piece of thick nickel-silver sheet and the inset brass 3d coin is a new and unissued one.
The wood is Amboyna burl.
The winders are made from "Tiger's Eye", the end of the brake lever from real mammoth tusk.
The line guard was cut from special bronze with a nickel leg silver-soldered to it; the agate liner itself can be removed and replaced if cracked.
The check can be varied by rotating the offset, triangular cam to an alternate position.
All screws are cut from tool steel and hardened.
It was quite absorbing to make but am in no hurry to make another quite like it!
Click on the pictures if they don't seem very clear.
Regards to all..
wm+
