[TheForge] Stempeling info needed

[Andrew Vida]

Stippling is indeed that.  Sometimes also called "grounding" as in 
"background".

Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> Jay,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion,  I got a lot more hits on stippling.   It seems 
> to be mainly a decorative technique.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jay Hayes" <xmas4lites at earthlink.net>
> To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
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> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Stempeling info needed
> 
> 
> Bob,
> Another term I have seen used is "stippling."
> 
> Jay
> 
> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>> While doing some repair work on my power hammer yesterday I was concerned
>> about the loose fit of a couple parts that I needed to weld.  Being that 
>> the
>> positioning of these parts is critical to the opperation of the hammer I
>> didn't want to leave the alignment to chance.  So I stempeled the inner 
>> part
>> to tighten up the fit. It worked very well and the parts had to be driven
>> together which removed any doubt about the positioning.
>>
>> I was talking to friend about the project later and was surprised to find
>> out that he had never heard of stempeling. So last night I spent quite a 
>> bit
>> of time searching the web for more information on stempeling.  To my
>> surprise I didn't find anything on it.  The closest I came was a site in 
>> the
>> Neatherlands where they were doing decorative stamping. It thurns out that
>> stempel is the Duch word for stamp and almost every link took me to a 
>> sites
>> in the Netherlands.
>>
>> So do any of you know of a site that talks about using a series of punch
>> marks to tighten up the fit on parts?  I was under the impression that it
>> was a common practice in gunsmithing.  Do I have the right word for the
>> process?  Maybe it is known by something else.
>>
>> My project is done, but I would like more information on the process for
>> future use.
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>
>>
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