draadjes

the threads I collected along the way

Steel capsule

This project first appeared at @ma3ke@hachyderm.io on 2024-07-27.
This article was created on 2026-06-15.

When my friend Ana left the Netherlands I made her a beautiful little trinket.

a small steel capsule on a wooden table

I noticed the lathe carriage had some play. Since the parts are so tiny, I decided to take it apart for cleaning and careful reassembly.

cast iron lathe carriage base on my workbench

The cap and capsule fit together with an M5 thread.

four nice chips emerge from a die cutting on steel rod — I like it when cutting threads form beautiful chips.

I drilled a tiny hole through the little rod sticking out from the cap.

the capsule, opened. The cap has an M5 thread — When I hold it in my hand, you can really tell how small it is.

holding it up — When I hold it in my hand, you can really tell how small it is.