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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hand made pancake -style blanking dies. Mine don't mind tin, soft metal. They cut clean parts FAST !

Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Here I've made rolled and cut parts in 28 ga silver or gold filled, and soldering them to a thicker back plate , then cutting in the pancake die again. This let's you use far less precious metal and have the sturdiness of a thicker piece. #overlay, #pancakedies

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Here's how MY pancake dies work. Let mine work for your designs.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Some old die jobs. Making dies and cutting parts is what I do...40 years of it now 😁

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Dies for bezels and/or decorative strips. The ones shown are examples , not finished items for sale. For that, you need to communicate with me. I make what you want 😀. Facebarf group is this www.facebook.com/groups/13963...

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIvH... Acoustic guitar, EBow, and effects pedals. No overdubbing.

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15b2 Realigning Your Receptors

YouTube video by DogBoyDar

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A project I did last year where the customer sent me pre-textured sheets of copper. I was tasked with making the pancake die to cut the shapes , and I also set up a hand punch to make holes in each Saguaro.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

VERY short demo of my dies in use. Cutting 24 ga. copper and gold filled. Made to cut thin sheet metal parts very cleanly, without brrs or rough edges. #blankingdies, #pancakedies, #stampingdies, #jewelrytools, #metalworking, #metalworkingtools, #metalcuttingtools

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"Side-cutter" pancake dies for cutting a variety of parts. The 2 big ones are for bracelet parts. The smaller one is sized for rings but is shown making a bracelet -sized piece. Versatility!😀👍 #pancakedies, #theverybestpancakedies, #blankingdies, #cuttingdies, #hydraulicpress, #jewelryparts, #etc

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Brass sheet. Fabricated (pieces cut and soldered together, duh) by moi in 1978. Inspired by the same figure in an M.C. Escher print. It IS '3 Octahedra' (the figure, not the print).

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Spherical Icosahedron-based star made of 1/16" stainless steel rods with brass tips and hubs. Appx. 22" diameter. 2004 -ish.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

One step pancake dies for cutting and embossing 24 ga. (16 oz) copper leaves for Haw Creek Forge (Asheville, NC). #hawcreekforge, #gardenart, #copperart, #pancakedies, #blankingdies, #cuttingdies, #hydraulicpress

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Here I'm sawing thin silver sheet that's had a design roll-pressed into it. The impression acts as a guide for the sawblade to some extent.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

2 sizes shown. The small one ( chemically-etched steel plate) has the design at 5/16" across. The partially sawed-out sample is .021" thick copper which was rolled against a plate in a rolling mill.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

High up in the West side of the Sandias.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

A look at the Northern part of the Sandias from somewhere halfway up the Southern part of them. #Sandias, #ABQfoothills, #Mountains, #Albuquerque, #NewMexico, #abqnm

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

#pancakedies, #embossingdie, #onestepdie, #blankingdie #sheltech, #darshelton, A one-step cutting and embossing pancake die I made for someone a few years back.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Jim Cantore risking his life yet again, to bring you live coverage of the most dangerous weather 😆 #theweatherchannel, #jimcantore, #cats, #photoshop

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

These are pretty good. Possibly the best blades currently being made.

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Dar Shelton @dar-shelton-1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

.025" Aluminum(cheap for samples) impressions f0rmed in a rolling mill with an etched steel plate, then cut in the pancake die shown here (bottom left sample is from a different die set). #pancakedies, #diesforjewelry, #copperparts, #mandalas, #metalart, #stampingdies, #blankingdies, #impressiondies

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masmi @masmim.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

前々からチェックしてるギタリストなんだけどグラスネックフレットレスギター持ったキャライラストとかあったら「絵師はギター詳しくない」とか生成AIイラスト疑惑とかふっかけられそうだなぁと。 90年代でもX JAPANの故HIDEさんモデルのアクリルボディのとか出てたみたいで木材じゃない透明なエレキギターという物自体は存在したり…。 Ned Evett plays Glass-Necked Fretless Guitar youtu.be/NCQHALFYEi8?...

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Ned Evett plays Glass-Necked Fretless Guitar

YouTube video by Ned Evett

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