Beautiful job - it always impresses me how much you plan it all - and how you incorporate the existing structure into your clamping strategy. I have this place on my list of places to visit next time I am heading up 91.
The glue will pop after a few years of use when the patina kicks off underneath due to humidity changes in the building. Not to mention butted seams with plywood below are prime spots for failure. Should have some traditional lap joint. Bit confused by the smooth top then the hammered finish on the sides... Consistency is so important. All that blocking just to hammer it down instead of making an in place brake seems like a lot of backwards work.
Your work is absolutely beautiful! Fun video too! When we built our home in New Mexico in early 1980's, copper was cheaper than other metal roofing materials. My husband built a brake (to bend the large sheets) and we installed it ourselves with standing seam joints. Now we live in Oregon and we installed a copper counter in our kitchen when renovating it. I remember it being thicker than the 16# copper we used on the roof. It's so lovely and easy to care for. For folks asking questions, it's not necessary to seal it. If left unsealed, it develops it's own darker natural patina. If citrus, vinegar or acidic food drops on it, the patina disappears in that spot but returns within a week.
This tickles me cause there's a Copper Fox near me as well in Sperryville VA; it's a distillery and tasting room. Very good whisky if you're interested - called Wasmund's. Interesting to see how your copper distressing ages with heavy use there near the end. Do you think they'll ever ask for a resurfacing or just let it roll?
the patina does its own thing. they use a lot of lemon juice at the bar and that makes shiny spots. apparently you can erase the patina with lemon juice if you want to keep it shiny instead of weathered.
Beautiful job - it always impresses me how much you plan it all - and how you incorporate the existing structure into your clamping strategy. I have this place on my list of places to visit next time I am heading up 91.
The glue will pop after a few years of use when the patina kicks off underneath due to humidity changes in the building. Not to mention butted seams with plywood below are prime spots for failure. Should have some traditional lap joint.
Bit confused by the smooth top then the hammered finish on the sides... Consistency is so important. All that blocking just to hammer it down instead of making an in place brake seems like a lot of backwards work.
What thickness of copper sheet did you use to hold up in a working bar? Looks fantastic btw!
Where do you get your copper? And what product do you use to attach it to the ply? Hoping to try something like this myself.
Your work is absolutely beautiful! Fun video too! When we built our home in New Mexico in early 1980's, copper was cheaper than other metal roofing materials. My husband built a brake (to bend the large sheets) and we installed it ourselves with standing seam joints. Now we live in Oregon and we installed a copper counter in our kitchen when renovating it. I remember it being thicker than the 16# copper we used on the roof. It's so lovely and easy to care for.
For folks asking questions, it's not necessary to seal it. If left unsealed, it develops it's own darker natural patina. If citrus, vinegar or acidic food drops on it, the patina disappears in that spot but returns within a week.
shoud've called this "CARPENTER ON DMT"!
playlist of previous copper fox videos, making the substrate. ruclips.net/p/PL6S_qufGCnuSi5Vc3xsBWhY5tw73Bmu8N
Thought for a minute there, at the beginning, that I was back in 1967.
Beautiful! It doesn't look like this is your first copper counter install. Nice work thanks
Another beautiful top! Nice work!
What is in your ‘juice’ you use to patina the copper?
you can use piss but they use some less gross stuff now
Guess no questions answered...........?
This tickles me cause there's a Copper Fox near me as well in Sperryville VA; it's a distillery and tasting room. Very good whisky if you're interested - called Wasmund's. Interesting to see how your copper distressing ages with heavy use there near the end. Do you think they'll ever ask for a resurfacing or just let it roll?
the patina does its own thing. they use a lot of lemon juice at the bar and that makes shiny spots. apparently you can erase the patina with lemon juice if you want to keep it shiny instead of weathered.
Did you put anything over it to protect it?
Nice work.👍🏼
Weird video.
I remember copper bar tops from the 80’s.
Cool.
Wow Mitch, excellent job on the countertop, and that food looked delicious 👍😉
it was an award winning reuben. the food is always good there
DUDE! LSD
Awesome job as always
Trying to find where to buy copper sheets and what thickness for my bar. Please let me know if you can.
same question
@@jcleave22 what thickness is the copper on this Copper Fox bar?
16-20oz sheet. Not mil.
@@ejynk
Jeeze, look at those cuts.
What, did you chew it apart?