[TheForge] Forging copper

[Jerry Smith]

Forging copper is the not the right way to work with
copper. Try heating the copper up and then quickly
cooling it down with water, then hammer in to shape.
When the copper gets difficult to form via hammering,
heat it up and cool it down again. Then start
hammering again. I have worked with rod and plate,
both work easily with the method I described above.

Jerry

--- PlumDon at aol.com wrote:

> Can anyone recommend an easy forging copper in rod
> or bar?   What about 
> grounding rod or is it too red short? Need something
> large enough to forge a dozen 
> or so drawer pulls. 
> 
> Kindest thanks for any suggestions
> 
> Don Plummer
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