[TheForge] Artist-Blacksmith

[Bill Roberts]

Thanks Robert,
all forged under a homemade Simple Air hammer, with fullering dies of  
about 3/4" radius.
bill
On Jun 11, 2006, at 7:39 PM, robert hensarling wrote:

> Bill, I had no idea you could do that with aluminum.  Is that using  
> one of those planishing dies that Senior Hoffi came up with?  I've  
> got a block (7" x 9" x 3 feet) of 6061 that could keep me busy for  
> a while if I knew where to start with the thing.  My bandsaw isn't  
> that big.
> Now you have me anxious to get to the shop tomorrow and stick some  
> copper and/or alum in the dies just to see what it feels like.   
> Thanks, and that's really nice art you create!

Bill Roberts-Ornamental Metalsmith
http://www.CustomDesignMetalArts.com