Walnut and Brass, can you beat it? Typically my designs have wood as the primary material and brass as an accent, this Mezuzah flips that around with the Mezuzah having a solid brass body and a wooden topper. For the smallest piece of this mezuzah (shown below) I go back and forth, at times making it from brass, and other times making it out of wood. Lets dive in and I’ll show you a video of the final piece and how these are made.
This mezuzah was originally designed in 2022, and at that time I was making it entirely with woodworking tools. This was possible becuase brass is such a soft metal. A plunge router served as my milling machine, and though dangerous, it produced accurate results. Since then, I have acquired a Sherline 2000 mill and a Milwaukee metal bandsaw with a Swag table. These tools have allowed me to work in a much safer and streamline process. But ultimately they are best for prototyping and in recent months I’ve outsourced the large brass part to a precision machine shop in Clyde, NC called Custom CNC.
The wooden topper is less than a half inch wide and one inch tall, this is a difficult piece to make but a router table with a micro fence adjuster is a huge help. The backer piece with our logo etched in is small enough for me to laser engrave in house, and I use a custom made metal stamp to put our business name, WINDTHROW, into the brass.
