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Ok Dog go for it!..... Don
What's that brown stuff? Former's looking good. Hope you've been working on getting the hammer arm in shape at the gym all winter Chris !
Hi Chris, Right caught up. Have to say only 7 pages in 2 weeks, but the elves have been busy! Looking really great! Like the red colour for the body. Would of been interesting to see how you would have done the corrugated shell, think that might of added a day to the build!At this rate you will be onto the Stanley before Xmas.Cheers Kerrin
Nice thing about forming copper is that it takes so little force to bend when annealed, using a plastic head hammer. I'll spend as much time annealing it between bends as doing the bending, usually takes about 8 cycles.I took a class in copper raising a couple of years ago, in that we used planishing hammers and polished metal stakes to do the shaping on a bowl, that style was a lot more work but gave a great organic shape. A local welding shop has a classroom building where they teach metal forming, blacksmithing, welding, glass working, all sorts of handy things.
Hello Chris,Beautiful job on forming the Copper OK you already know that I am not the sharpest Crayola in the box, but could you have purchased an end cap to fit that tube? Have a great day,Thomas
Quote from: crueby on June 12, 2019, 02:00:59 AMNice thing about forming copper is that it takes so little force to bend when annealed, using a plastic head hammer. I'll spend as much time annealing it between bends as doing the bending, usually takes about 8 cycles.I took a class in copper raising a couple of years ago, in that we used planishing hammers and polished metal stakes to do the shaping on a bowl, that style was a lot more work but gave a great organic shape. A local welding shop has a classroom building where they teach metal forming, blacksmithing, welding, glass working, all sorts of handy things.My father has a couple nice molds to make lead hammer heads. They work great on forming copper for boilers, as the lead deforms before they marr the annealed copper. Once they "wear out", you take the worn out head, melt it and pour it back into the mold.Lately, hes been (slowly) forming the parts for the boilers for a 2" Case and a Coles' American LaFrance steam fire engine.
Great copper work Chris! Glad you enjoyed the sunshine.