[TheForge] Iron Foil

[Cameron Stoker]

James Binnion wrote:
> Cameron,
> You got any pictures of your PI mokume, What else did you laminate it with?
> 

I'll see if I can take a photo or two this evening.  I layered it with 
fine silver. The bonding wasn't difficult, but working it was relatively 
tricky. There was almost too much differnce in hardness between the two 
metals such that the silver would squirt out like the middle bun of a 
big-mac. I didn't have any luck hand forgning or rolling the billet 
down. It would delaminate easily. I did sucessfully work it by forging 
the entire billet at once in a hydraulic press. Got a decent 
pools-&-eyes pattern. It made a dandy fine engagement ring.



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