[TheForge] Re: Artist-Blacksmith

[Steve Smith]

Very nice Bill. I've a couple of ideas in mind with copper, hadn't 
thought of doing that much cold work.

Steve

Bill Roberts wrote:

> I cold forge a LOT of copper and aluminum, and by cold, I mean not  
> annealed.........just cold.....fwiw. There are times that it's to hot  
> to fire up the forge here in Central FL too. :)
> for example.......http://www.customdesignmetalarts.com/sculptures.0.html
> all forged cold except for the 3/4" solid round tapers on this  
> one....... http://www.customdesignmetalarts.com/sculptures.4.html
> food for thought :)
> On Jun 11, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
>>
>>> Say, I bet, within the next few years, there become a material
>>> available, probably plastic in nature(besides clay), that will forge
>>> exactly like steel, or is there?  I'd love to practice scrolls etc
>>> without the heat.
> 
> 
> Bill Roberts
> www.CustomDesignMetalArts.com
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