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Brass Paper Fasteners: a Folded Strip under a Domed Cap
A paper fastener is a soft brass split pin with a round head: push it through punched paper and bend its two legs apart to hold the sheets, or to make a joint that turns. George W. McGill patented it in 1866. Fold thin brass strip over a rod into two legs of slightly different length, and crimp a small domed cap over the fold.
The picture: brass paper fasteners, one without its cap showing the folded strip.
Beginner
Two hours
Instructions
1
1
Cut strips and discs
Cut strips and discs
Cut thin brass sheet into strips about 3 mm wide (step 5), and scribe and cut small discs about 9 mm across for the caps.
Materials for this step:
Brass Sheet1 pieceTools needed:
Tin Snips
Dividers
Ruler2
2
Fold the legs
Fold the legs
Fold each strip over a thin rod so the two legs lie side by side, one a little shorter than the other. File the leg ends to a blunt point.
Tools needed:
Iron Rod
Flat-Nose Pliers
Needle File Set3
3
Dome the caps
Dome the caps
Punch a slot in the middle of each disc for the legs, then dome the disc by hammering it into a shallow hollow in a hardwood block with the ball peen.
Tools needed:
Leather Hole Punch
Hardwood Block
Ball Peen Hammer4
4
Assemble
Assemble
Thread the legs through the cap from the domed side so the fold sits inside the dome, and crimp the cap's rim round the fold with the pliers.
Tools needed:
Flat-Nose Pliers5
5
Strip length
Strip length
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