Mild Steel
Chasing and Repoussé
Earlier in the year, I mentioned that I had a new book and was experimenting with a new technique called repoussé. This had allowed me to create a primitive medal for the PSTOIC annual get together. Since then I’ve read
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Materials: Brass, Copper, Mild Steel, Silver
Tags: repoussé
Mini Project – Wire Management Cube
Stuart from Tool Guyd mentioned some slotted metal cubes that can be used to help keep your cables under control. https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/1949381/video-572225-h264_high.mp4 He made a statement about how he wasn’t sure how you could make one of these without a mill
Posted in: Inspiration, Projects
Materials: Mild Steel
Making a spoon
On international women’s day, I put a shout out for all the women blacksmiths and welders I know on twitter. The result was a request from welder Stephanie from ASingleSpoon for a spoon for her project. My first thought was
Posted in: Blacksmithing
Materials: Mild Steel
Tags: women makers
TIG Welding – Thick and thin
My latest welding experiment was some 1mm stainless steel strips to some 5mm mild steel square bar. Joining thick and thin has previously caused me problems when welding with MIG and I’m not sure how it copes with mixed materials.
Posted in: Welding
Materials: Mild Steel, Stainless Steel
Tags: TIG
What no Metrix Hex!
I was thinking of making the pin components for the knurling tool out of 8mm A/F hexagon bar so the heads could be used with a spanner for tightening. The pins provide the pivots for the arms and also the
Posted in: Uncategorised
Materials: Mild Steel
Tags: Bar, hex, Suppliers
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
