Patent ID: 9055793
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A44C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing an article of jewelry comprising: securing a spent shotgun shell cartridge in a chuck of a lathe, wherein said cartridge is comprised of a head section and an elongated tube section, wherein said head section comprises a circular metal base, a cylindrical metal casing extending from a periphery of said metal base, a central primer extending from a center of said metal base within said cylindrical casing to a distal end, and a plastic filler between said cylindrical metal casing and said central primer; cutting said head section with a bit as said secured cartridge is turned in said chuck of said lathe at a first speed, wherein said cut in said head section extends through said cylindrical metal casing and said plastic filler to said primer, and wherein said distal end of said primer is not cut by said bit; cutting said distal end of said primer from said head section with a cutting wheel on a high speed drill, wherein said cutting wheel is rotated by said high speed drill at a second speed greater than said first speed of said lathe; filing said cut head section and said cut primer to an even flat surface; providing a jewelry setting having a flat base; and mounting said even flat surface of said cut head section to said flat base of said jewelry setting.