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Process-Making A Belt Buckle From Jade

Posted by DAN RUSHIN on

The content for this article was submitted by one of our customers Jay Ailworth. He can be contacted at jayailworth@gmail.com   Jay starts off by telling me "I do 90 percent of my work out on my driveway here in Florida with 4 basic tools. I have a tile saw, a Covington grinder, a drillpress and a rotary tool. Everything is set up to be portable so I can use them one at a time with my garden hose as my water supply". After Jay has his beautiful slices of jade ready to use this is how he assembles his buckles. 1. Mark...

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Attaching A Belt Buckle Blank To Your Glass Art Or Non-Porous Material. What To Use?

Posted by DAN RUSHIN on

I get a lot of messages asking what to do about affixing your artwork to a Bestbeltbuckle blank. These buckles are produced with holes so you can use small screws to attach them to your object. Although this may work for some people, if your are like me and make a object that cannot be screwed into so easily I have found a great solution. Being a glass artist for almost 20 years the Bestbeltbuckle blanks that I sell are a direct result of me needing a product that I could not find anymore or at times was out of...

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