[TheForge] Copper inlay in steel

[Ralph]

At 12:51 AM 6/3/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I had an idea to gouge a piece of steel (1/8" to 1/4") with a plasma cutter
>and either hammer in or melt in some copper wire. I tried it really quick
>today and it doesn't look like it is going to be easy.
>Has anyone tried it or heard of doing it?
>The melting process just produced blobs of copper. Is there some kind of
>prep after the gouging to clean or flux the grove?
>I also found it difficult to get a uniform grove. So I think that is why I
>had problems with the hammering approach. Maybe going over it with some type
>of gouge or rotary tool might even it out.
>Does anyone have any ideas.
>Thanks in advance
>Marc V. Davis III
>Marc of the Hammer
>Allen Park, Mi.
>Marc3rd@comcast.net
>

Why not just cold chisel an inverted V and then lay in the copper wire and 
then lightly hammer in place. That is how it is usually done.

Ralph



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