forging

Help with copper I am new!!!

tankerhoosen - Monday, September 28, 2009 - 11:57am

So I am BRAND NEW to metal smithing, as in just yesterday I pulled out my fathers anvil, got a good hot fire going and played around with some old scrap copper pipe. I was wondering, how do you get copper to fuse to itself when you fold it over? I know with iron they would sprinkle something like borax, but what about copper? (I realize my fire was probably no where near hot enough) Just looking for some advice, I had a blast playing around with it, made a neat cuff thats about 2 inches wide and heavy as hell lol.

My new website!

DesignerMetal - Friday, August 28, 2009 - 3:58am

Hey guys I just got my website up and running. I would love it if yall would go check it out and let me know what you think (HONESTLY what you think, No hurt feelings here). Its nothing fancy but its a start. The address is http://www.designermetalworks.net table 1: Table commisioned by a boat captain. Made using an actual bronze ship's wheel.The base is steel and was painted to match the natural patina.

The Art of Forging

DorothyRecek - Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30pm

(Article ideal for term papers or other papers)

Forging is a type of metal art by which pieces of metal are shaped through compressive forces. It is one of the oldest form of metal craft (12th century). The smith (the one who forges) uses a heavy hammer and an anvil to shape the metal.

Design Topic 3: Center Element Off-set (optical illusion)

Smyth Boone - Monday, January 12, 2009 - 8:17pm

When creating a stair railing that has a center element on the upright balusters, it is critical to have the center element raised slightly above the center-line of the baluster.

Here is an example... the collars in the center of each elongated 'O'(oval-the upright balusters), are the center elements off-set higher than mathematical middle of the 'O'.

Stainless steel forging

Chris Shea - Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 2:33pm

forging | stainless steel

Hello all,

I'm a new member. Professional smith for about 10 years. I'm considering a small forged railing project for an indoor pool (not submerged but it will get wet.

If anyone has any advice for forging stainless steel and keeping its corrosion resistance in such an environment I'd be very grateful. Checked the archives and found some useful information already.

Rose Garden Installed

eligius1427 - Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 7:06pm

fencing | forging | roses

Hi all, the Rose Garden Fence that i finished a few months ago finally got installed and the new garden was dedicated last week. There were supposed to be two more panels on each side, but I guess they ended in weird spots in relation to the paths within the gardens so they put them on the other side of the garden. Although the rail was built to be viewed from the street, I think even the view from the back creates a nice silhouette.

New tool

Rich Waugh - Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 9:47pm

Anticlastic Raising | blacksmithing | forging | Tools

For quite some time now I've been wanting a sinusoidal stake. Every once in a while I actually have a need for one, and the resto fo the time I just think they're really sexy and have been dying to have one. A couple of days ago, I actually had a few hours free time so I got busy and made that sinusoidal stake.sinusoidal stake The overall length is about 25" and the large diameter is around 1-3/8", tapering to 3/8" at one end and 3/4" at the other end. The arms were forged from a piece of automobile axle stock and the remainder was made from A-36 structural steel. To forge the sinusoidal arms, I first tapered both ends of the axle on the power hammer, and then made a series of alternating bends using adjustable bending pins in the post vise. (After I finished the stake, I developed a better bending pin jig for the vise - I'll try to get that posted one day before long.)

Rose Garden Panels

eligius1427 - Friday, May 2, 2008 - 5:00pm

fencing | forging | roses | steel

Hi All, I finished one of the two decorative rose garden panels yesterday. Should finish the other one and the posts this weekend then off to the powder coaters. They go with 10 more non decorated panels and are for the new Lincoln city rose garden here. The panels are 5'H x 7'L and weigh about 500lbs(275lbs for the non-decorated ones). This is the biggest project I've worked on and I am happy to on the final stretch. It should also provide me with a lot of exposure which I am excited about.