bronze

Modular Cold Connection

peggy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:22:36 -0500

This bracelet is made of bronze, sterling & fine silver, & copper rivets. All components of this bracelet are connected solely by rivets. (same design on both sides)

Wittlin

Chucky Boy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:29:45 -0500

Here are some Candle Sticks I've Turned up in the past years. Just bordom on my part made with various materials From S.S., Alum., Bronze, Brass and some exotic Plastics. This all made from scrap, billet material.

90% Copper 10% Tin Bronze source?

Gavaksa — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:49:27 -0500

Hey all,

I'm trying to get ahold of straight 90/10 CuSn Bronze for some bronze age tools and experiments. C90700 Phosphur Bronze is about as close as I can come to it with a commercially available product. I was thinking of simply smelting my own, but the cost of copper is just insane right now. $7.67 per pound for copper is just nuts.

brown patina by the ocean?

eligius1427 — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:57:33 -0500

Hi all, An architect asked for some suggestions for a project by the pacific ocean. He wants to clad(decoratively) parts of a high rise with a metal with a mottled brown(bronze) patina. I know that there are some stainless steels that do well around the salty air environment, but can you patina it to look like bronze? How about other materials like aluminum, copper, or actually bronze? Would they hold up in that environment? Once up access will be very limited and they will be outdoors.

Help choosing materials: copper, bronze, stainless

eligius1427 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:03:07 -0500

Hi All, I am submitting another proposal for an outdoor public park commission and could use help in choosing a material. There will be two materials involved with the project. The "base" will be out of rusting steel, with an organic element out of another material above it. I want the material to be maintenance free and there will be some forge work and welding involved. The materials I've been considering are Stainless Steel, Bronze, or Copper to create a contrast to the rust color. With the stainless I'd probably try to color it with heat or leave silver, copper patina green, and the bronze I'd either patina brown or green. I have experience fabricating stainless, but not forging any of the materials or welding copper or bronze. My three main criteria are the cost of material, skill level needed, and time involved with forging/fabricating with the material. Copper may not be an option due to theft, but I'd still like peoples opinions. I'd like to hear peoples experiences and opinions of these materials.

Bronze Fox

peggy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:30:48 -0500

The pendant necklace is comprised of a bronze sand cast of a Victorian button, bronze water cast hanger, & handmade brass chain. This pendant is the first thing I ever sand cast. I chose the but

New Install

paul b hill — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:51:45 -0500

This is an image of the starting process of fish #1.

Details, Details

workhorse — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:52:03 -0600

Mercy kills the war horse

workhorse — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:33:42 -0600

Here is a piece I did at the beginning of the invasion. I used to work in an art foundry. I am interested in all forms of metal work but am most practiced in bronze casting. Recently I have been doi

A busy December

Rich Waugh — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:01:53 -0600

December was a very busy month for me. I completed and installed the hardware for the "treasure chest" engine cover for the pirate ship. That necessitated a trip to the boatyard in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, and a half-day's time. As I feared might happen, the dimensions I was given for the engine cover were not accurate. Fortunately, they were wrong in a way that I could cope with, since I had taken over sufficient tools to make just such a modification. I had to shorten a pair of the straps, but the joints could be concealed where they pass under the other straps, so no harm done other than wasting a bit of time. Treasure chest completeI also had to do some fakery on the woodwork itself, as the box was made of plywood with the grain running the wrong way, and it looked like a plywood box. I was prepared for this eventuality and used a hook scraper I'd made and carried along for the purpose, and carved some shadow lines in the plywood to simulate plank joints. I darkened these with a bit of dark stain, used a rattle can of black paint to add some shadows and "age" to the thing, and it looked considerably better.