[TheForge] Forging Brass

[Larry and Pat Brown]

Hi
  I forge brass frequently. I usually use old brass pipe and cut it open 
for stock, unless the piece is large enough to justify hunting down plate. 
You will probably over heat or under heat when starting out. Forge it when 
it starts to get color, stop when it slows moving. Provide ventilation as 
you can burn some of the zinc out and there may be other thing lurking in 
the mix. Brass and bronze have a lot of mixes.

Check out the members gallery page on the Northeast blacksmiths web site:
http://nba.abana-chapter.com/  then go to gallery, then members gallery. 
The weather vane in the first two pictures is all brass. I'm still alive 
and free (free is debatable, wife, kids, mortgage,etc)
Larry Brown

At 06:12 AM 1/3/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>     I believe that something has gotten mixed up in the translation, but I
>have no idea what.  I was told over the holidays that forging brass was
>ILLEGAL in the U.S.  Has anyone got an idea what might have gotten so mixed
>up?
>
>Rick Crawford at  Rafter Lazy C
>Home of Rick's Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>email = rafterlazyc@tbcnet.com
>home page = http://www.tbcnet.com/~rafterlazyc/