[TheForge] Chasing and engraving

Mon Mar 31 00:33:06 2003

Hey Philip,
Try cutting a section from a 55 gallon steel drum.
You want the lowest carbon content you can get.
The drums are approximately 1008, according to a friend of mine.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:07 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Chasing and engraving


>
> I'm looking for some information about chasing and/or engraving, on steel.
>
> My SCA Cooks have a project, to make tiles for Pennsic, primarily out of
> foodstuffs, so, me being as wrong-headed as I usually am, I thought I'd
tool
> a leather tile on a smithing subject- likely an anvil or some such- and
make
> a steel (or iron) tile on a leather subject- possibly using one of the
> overly prevalent oak-leaf-and-acorn themes from the Western-style of
leather
> carving.
>
> Since the piece will be simply decorative, I imagine I can use any steel
> that will take a tool print, so that being the case, what should I use?
Will
> any old mild steel do? And, what kind of steel would I need for my tools?
> How should I shape the tools? Any help you guys can give me will be
> appreciated.
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
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