{"id":120,"date":"2014-05-22T13:10:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:10:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:10:16","slug":"making-a-belt-buckle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Making a Belt Buckle"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am making a belt buckle with copper and brass, I will be soldering posts onto the pieces and using tube rivets to elevate the different layers. I am starting by cutting templates to roller print into the metal and then constructing my pieces from there.\"buckle<\/a> \"buckle<\/a> \"Buckle<\/a> \"Buckle<\/a> \"Kaems<\/a> \"Cut<\/a> \"paper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am making a belt buckle with copper and brass, I will be soldering posts onto the pieces and using tube rivets to elevate the different layers. I am starting by cutting templates to roller print into the metal and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qvRk-1W","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=130","url_meta":{"origin":120,"position":0},"title":"Belt Buckle","author":"Fred","date":"May 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the completed buckle.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Kaems-Buckle-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Kaems-Buckle-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Kaems-Buckle-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":211,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=211","url_meta":{"origin":120,"position":1},"title":"Carved Wax Pieces","author":"Fred","date":"May 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I am making some game pieces that I will be casting out of bronze. 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