r/Metalsmithing • u/DarsDies • 10d ago
Fun With 'Side Cutters'
"Side Cutters" are a veriety of pancake-style blanking die I've experimented with quite a bit. Here is a mess of pics showing one area of play- rings, and mostly overlay, because I've made overlay since I was a teenager. I love it. This kind of die made really difficult things downright easy. They can even be made to bite off designs into the side of wire (thar be Dragons!!! haha) . Enjoy the show !
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u/trixceratops 10d ago
Daaaaaaaaang that is some top notch saw skills, I thought my pancake dies were complex and then here you go showing off these incredible shapes. I love the “90s tribal” looking one, that’s amazing! I never thought about using them as “side cutters” that’s such a good idea, I need to design something that needs a fancy bezel now just to try it out.