bending

Looking for advice on bending and cutting silicon bronze

Steve Lee - Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 2:48pm

Hello
I'm a new member (15 min ago) but have enjoyed reading posts on this site for some time. I am a furniture designer / builder working on a sculptural furniture project using 1/8" silicon bronze sheets (c65500). I have very little experience working with this stuff apart from some small castings for an antique sailboat. I was wondering it is possible to make small cuts (16" max) in the 1/8" sheet with a jigsaw or a low-speed circular saw made for metal with a blade for non-ferrous metals. Would work-hardening be too much of a problem?

"Xanadu"

Daniel Mazur - Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 7:11am

This art piece I created rcently. While I was working on it the name Xanadu came to mind. I looked the word up and it said - "an idyllic, exotic, or luxurious place". I think the name fits.

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oops

Giusseppe - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 9:55pm

bending | gate | welded stainless steel

on my way to London to do a quick repair job

bent gate

Giusseppe - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 9:54pm

Architectural Gallery | bending | gate | stainless steel

...near your gates

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truck

Giusseppe - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 9:52pm

Architectural Gallery | bending | gate | stainless steel | truck

Don't let one of these ......

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Oxy-propane setup.

T Bourke - Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 7:18am

bending | heating | propane | Regulator | torch

I have been reading every post on torches here and spent some time on Google looking for the best way to do this. I am looking for confirmation that I am looking at the right way to go about this.

A.D. back side

Freddy - Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 3:04pm

Sculpture Gallery | bending | welding

Here is the back view

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A.D. full view

Freddy - Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 3:01pm

Sculpture Gallery | bending | welding

Here is a full view from head to toe.

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A.D.

Freddy - Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 6:14pm

Sculpture Gallery | bending | oxy-acetylene

This is my first anything and its just lots and lots of 1/4" rods bent with the heat from a torch and layed next to eachother and then welded together very simple but very time consuming. Its just one big weld.

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Architect wanting to learn as much as possible about bending and forming alluminum sheets for new project

grahamsimm - Monday, August 6, 2007 - 10:53am

alluminum | bending | forming | sheets

I am an architect that is working on a project where I would turn a sheet of alluminum into an architectural element. To do this I need to learn how I can fasten them, how I can bend the sheets, and any other application that i could use to form a mobile kiosk out of alluminum sheets.