[TheForge] Copper vs. coronavirus

[don at peakmobility.com]

My kitchen countertops and island are copper. The copper sheets were
purchased from a roofing company And I had a local sheet metal shop bend
angles to my specifications. I then built the substrate out of  2 laminated
3/4" MDF sheets. 
Hot soldered the seams and used a special contact cement recommended for
copper (noncorrosive) to glue up the counters. The most difficult part of
the project was getting enough evenly distributed weight on the copper
surface as it dried/cured. 
Since its creation in 2014 it has taken on an ever changing patina.
Splattering's of tomato sauce seems to give it the most character. 

Best Regards,
Don Fisher
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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net <theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Stephen Bloom
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 7:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Copper vs. coronavirus

Being restricted to the shop isn't that bad....
http://ironflower.com/blades/Pages/T/Images/T002.jpg

A project that was finally finished -- think of the 'wheat twist' - a 'U' of
steel - twisted clockwise and another counter-clockwise the same number of
turns and lay them side-by-side.  Now make each 'U' out of 4 pieces of tool
steel (1085 & 15N20 - 1/4" square & 12" long).  Forge weld them together and
forge a blade.  Use up scrap blocks of handle material - glue 1" x 2.5" x
3/4" blocks of alternating color on the diagonal.  Saw the block down the
midline and saw those in half on the other face.  Restack & glue.  Make a
pommel out of copper & cupric nickel fused using a torque plate.  Shape a
guard from 1/4" x 1" x ~4.5" cupric nickel.  Assemble.    What is wild (but
obvious once you think abut it) the directions of the chevrons reverse from
side-to-side.

Now to repeat using 4 bars.....

Steve
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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net <theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
behalf of Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 4:55 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] Copper vs. coronavirus

Well, it IS a metal!
Maybe make all handles, knobs, handrails from a copper alloy?  Or maybe just
copper-plate steel?
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqkyw/copper-destroys-viruses-and-bacter
ia-why-isnt-it-everywhere
Bruce
NJ
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