Hi Frank. And thanks again for your kind words. I based these wrenches on an actual 8 inch wrench and aimed to achieve 1/3 and 1/4 scale, so the larger one ended up being about 2 3/4 inches weighing .84 oz and the smaller one is about 2 inches weighing .40 oz. They are both sterling silver with a brass nut.
I took pictures along the way to post a series at completion, but worked on the 1/3 scale for three days - on and off as I get bench time for a total typically of about 15 hours. That is if all goes right, but usually something goes wrong - easily at this scale (the holes don't line up or the threads get crossed, etc.), and the part must be made over - sometimes several times consuming more time, of which I have plenty, but worse yet more material. And when working with precious metals, that's the part that hurts. These wrenches were fabricated from "bar stock", and did not require wax modeling, mold making, smelting and casting etc. as with other models multiplying the time. They all require some filing, sanding, buffing and polishing.
Ralph
The simple looking monkey wrench started out as an assortment of carved wax components
from which resulted a master pattern and rubber mold yielding casting wax patterns.
The miniature vise required similar complex procedures.
Some of these such models can require 100+ hours but can yield multiple raw copies thereafter.
Some more complex miniature models are more like machines requiring creation of multiple articulating components and much more time, concentration and patience.
