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After seeing some vases made from copper pipe, I acquired a bunch of scrap 2" Type L copper pipe at the scrap yard. I figured I'd start making some chasing tool holders for myself. To do this, I made a mandrel to do some chasing and hammer texture on the pipe. I guess these could also be pen/pencil holders for someone's desk also. To make the mandrel, I used 1 1/2 ID black iron pipe. It's outside diameter is just under 2 inches so the copper pipe slides right over it. I then welded some 2" construction washers on the ended, ground it smooth and pushed a rod through the holes. I then welded some heave angle iron onto a plate and made cutouts on top so the rod would rest in it and be able to easily rotate. I can now slide the copper pipe on the mandrel and chase and texture the outside of the pipe. Here are some pix:

mandrel1

mandrel2

mandrel3

mandrel4

finished mandrel

After finishing the outside, I soldered on a bottom and patina'd it. Needless to say, my soldering technique needs work as I got too much solder on the joint and it was hard to clean off. Here are a couple pix of the finished chasing tool holder.

chasing tool holder1

chasing tool holder2

Walker