Every month I look forward to looking up your new entries in newyorkamera, great progress reports, great explanations with wonderful pictures. I live in Colombia and do mostly blacksmithing, but lately I got into angle raising again after many years and also show my apprentices this age old technique. Thank you for a great job!
If I were making multiples of the same thing spinning would be the way to go, but I am only making one. To spin you need not only the lathe but burnishing tools and a form on which to spin the final product. All expensive in money, storage and floor space. I am making these pieces as bases for me to chase with designs and borders, pieces that are really one of a kind. Thanks for watching.
Are the aluminum hammered items I just recycled also made in this way? My neighbor had a sale and gave me all of the left overs which were all aluminum. I had no use for them and they're from the 40's-50's and no one seems to want them anymore so I made some money on them. Copper is a much nicer looking metal than aluminum for these type of items so I didn't feel too bad.
Probably not, but I can't say for sure. I've done some shrinking/stretching of both copper and aluminum and aluminum sssuuuuuucks to work with. Very brittle mostly.
Bob N That particular stake came from Metalliferous in NY, They occasionally have used tools and I like that one. My other stakes came from All Craft also in NY. They have new stakes of all sorts. Be prepared, they are not inexpensive... Thanks for watching!
Every month I look forward to looking up your new entries in newyorkamera, great progress reports, great explanations with wonderful pictures. I live in Colombia and do mostly blacksmithing, but lately I got into angle raising again after many years and also show my apprentices this age old technique. Thank you for a great job!
Really enjoying your videos, it's hard to find good visual instruction on raising. I'm just getting into it so I have a lot to learn.
hope you post more of these
Very nice bowl.
Lovely work!
Muito boa a técnica gosto muito de praticar. ...
That piece of metal you are banging on looks helpful. What's it called and where do you get them? Thanks,
Wouldn’t spinning be the normal method of coppersmithing in this case?
If I were making multiples of the same thing spinning would be the way to go, but I am only making one. To spin you need
not only the lathe but burnishing tools and a form on which to spin the final product. All expensive in money, storage and floor space. I am making these pieces as bases for me to chase with designs and borders, pieces that are really one of a kind. Thanks for watching.
did both pieces start at 5" in diam .?
This was part of a set of nesting bowls and they were 5,6,and 7 inches in diameter. Thanks for watching.
Enjoyed watching your videos and would like to start working with copper. Can you suggest a good list of tools I would need to get started? Thanks
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Are the aluminum hammered items I just recycled also made in this way? My neighbor had a sale and gave me all of the left overs which were all aluminum. I had no use for them and they're from the 40's-50's and no one seems to want them anymore so I made some money on them.
Copper is a much nicer looking metal than aluminum for these type of items so I didn't feel too bad.
Probably not, but I can't say for sure.
I've done some shrinking/stretching of both copper and aluminum and aluminum sssuuuuuucks to work with. Very brittle mostly.
Hi, can i ask, where did you get the stake ? did you make it or buy it? thanks much from bob in seattle.
Bob N That particular stake came from Metalliferous in NY, They occasionally have used tools and I like that one. My other stakes came from All Craft also in NY. They have new stakes of all sorts. Be prepared, they are not inexpensive...
Thanks for watching!
Lmao you're "bob the metal guy" and you can't figure that out?
Hi Sage, thank you for sharing your techniques. The videos have been super helpful. Would you share where you purchase your hammers from?
I bought the hammers at metalliferous, Zak's and Allcraft in Manhattan. Thanks for watching!
You can also find sources on the chasing and repousse page on FB. There are a number of talented hammer making black smiths on FB and IG.
Thank You!
This man has a lot of free time .
This is my job... I've been self employed for over 40 years... Thanks for watching.