[TheForge] Metal working problem...again

[Andrew Vida]

RE: cuttlefish - I think your best bet is to raise the eyes and chase 
the features in afterward.  Sometimes a result is only achieved through 
good old fashioned hard work.  Boo hooty hoo...

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Unfortunately, it mashes across the high points and i'd have to try to 
> grind them off which would take way too long Andy. Good idea though.
> The most problematical one will be the cuttlefish buckle for a marine 
> bio guy. They have really raised bulging eyes right next to the delicate 
> tentacles. Sweating that one. Thinking about wrapping the tentacles in 
> wet rags before spot heating with the torch. Then working over soaked 
> wood with holes drilled to sink the eyes into. It's so easy to blow a 
> piece right at the end! I'm good at that.
> 
> Andrew Vida wrote:
>> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>>> Keziah's Forge wrote:
>>>> Wood end grain - even pine - is far too hard for brass, bronze, copper etc. 
>>>> You can even put a fabric pattern in brass by lining your end grain with it. 
>>> So i've found. But softer material just isn't stiff enough to do the 
>>> job. By spot heating and working over voids in the wood i minimize the 
>>> mushing, but not enough. The pieces are over 1/4" thick in places and 
>>> not very long or wide. There's a lot of relief both in the embossing and 
>>> in the shaping later.
>> 	One possibility is to plan where you will sink the domes and emboss 
>> those areas more deeply than others.  The right differential should just 
>> compensate for the additional deformation of the metal.
>>
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