Something a little different...

[David E Keller]

Here's something different... Cufflinks.

Stabilized zebrawood and black palm... both endgrain.
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All comments welcome... good, bad, or indifferent.

[alex carey]

noicely done, how'd you like the black palm?

[Baxter Smith]

Very neat - and different!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work David! Really like the black palm!

[Bill Bolen]

I've heard that palm can be a real bear to work with. You cedrtainly did a great job here...Bill...

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great job on a cool project.

[Mark Hubl]

Those are pretty cool. Nice work.

[John Keeton]

Neat work, David! I can't recall the last shirt I had with French cuffs!:D

Did you use the eccentric setup to do these - same as the pendants?

[Roland Martin]

I have to say I would never have thought to turn cufflinks. Nice work David.

[Steve Vaughan]

I'm glad to see this...you've done a really nice job with these. My son's girlfriend does a lot of sewing and she's wanting me to turn some buttons for her. This is great and thanks for sharing!

[Jim McFarland]

Can't say I'm a cufflink fan, but those look great! Well done.

[David E Keller]

Thanks to all for the comments.

Bill and Alex... the palm was a piece of stabilized pen blank. When it's stabilized, it's not too bad to work with. Raw palm is a bear to turn; It's very dusty and splinters quite easily.

John... I thought all attorneys were required to wear french cuffs. In fact, I picture you turning in a coat and tie.:D

I actually turned these a little differently than the pendants although I imagine that setup would work fine. I mounted the pen blank in my talon chuck using the small jaws and turned it round. I then used a 5/8" forstner bit to drill a shallow recess in the end of the blank(to a depth of about 1/16"). I sanded that surface then I parted off a piece about 1/4" in length. I mount a dowel in my chuck and reverse the small piece onto the dowel using a small drop of super glue to hold it(recess to dowel end). Then I trued everything up, and finished the surface of the piece. The hardware for these has a 1/2 inch round metal piece that is glued into the recess that I created with the forstner bit.

Steve... buttons would be pretty easy since one surface is unseen when they are sewn into place. You could use pen blanks turned round then finish the end and part off a button. Repeat.

I own one shirt with French cuffs that I never wear... I bought it to go with the tuxedo that I never wear. In other words, I'll probably never wear the cufflinks.:D

[Joe Little]

Boy, you guys really dress up in Enid, Oklahoma. Nice job.