Applications - Professional
[333] Amulet with magnetic clamp
Author: Mario Cesari, Pennabilli, Italy
Beautiful craft work with a secret drawer
I am a metal worker and I specialise in handicraft. You can find some of my work with step-by-step building instructions on my website (in Italian and English).
One of these pieces of art is an amulet whose cover is closed with a magnet. The beautiful pattern on the silver cover comes from a special casting technique: The liquid silver is poured into a casting form made of two sepia shells whose pattern it takes on. This technique is called "cuttlefish bone casting".
The cover is a piece of curved silver with a thin copper layer as an inner reinforcement. I drilled a hole in the middle of the cover and with a brazing solder I welded a piece of silver tube with a 6 mm diameter on it. Then I pushed a disc magnet S-06-02-N in the tube and tightened it on the top end so the magnet can't fall out anymore.
The cover can be taken off by lightly tapping the amulet on a table. If you have long enough finger nails, you can use them to open the amulet. If both methods don't work, you can hold the magnet against another magnetic item (scissor, knife, refrigerator, etc.), then the cover will cling to it and the secret of the amulet will be revealed.
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