LOVE your vids! QUESTION: why use .0216 Cu, and where'd you get the sheets? I looked at McMaster n found thicknesses down to .004. Wouldn't thinner be easier to cut and shape? Thanks
Buying copper: Generally I buy 3' x 8' sheets of .2016 at a metals warehouse. (this requires a volume purchase, like three or four hundred pounds.) For smaller pieces I may check with a local roofing shop or at the metal re-cycler. Thickness is a personal preference. I've tried thinner copper but I don't like the results. The .0216 thickness holds it form well. The .0216 thickness works well for almost everything I do with copper. The best I can suggest is to get some thinner sheets and see how it works for you. George
Thanks Strube, always good to use tools that we already have.
Nice work and very informative. Thank you.
The chisel is sharp but when going into the copper when it is on wood the result is not a sharp crease but more rounded.
Thanks for the comment. These little simple techniques can add to the visual effects of the final piece.
Cool technique, George. And, as always, your ideas for tools put it in the reach of anyone.
Hi George, at 3:39 or so could you use a ball pien hammer secured in the vise as the anvil? Would this be better?
Good suggestion, "ball pien hammer secured in the vise as the anvil".
I was thinking a trailer hitch ball!
Good idea, a trailer ball would work just fine.
LOVE your vids!
QUESTION: why use .0216 Cu, and where'd you get the sheets? I looked at McMaster n found thicknesses down to .004. Wouldn't thinner be easier to cut and shape?
Thanks
Buying copper: Generally I buy 3' x 8' sheets of .2016 at a metals warehouse. (this requires a volume purchase, like three or four hundred pounds.) For smaller pieces I may check with a local roofing shop or at the metal re-cycler.
Thickness is a personal preference. I've tried thinner copper but I don't like the results. The .0216 thickness holds it form well.
The .0216 thickness works well for almost everything I do with copper.
The best I can suggest is to get some thinner sheets and see how it works for you.
George
Thanks George! You've inspired me to give it a few tries. :-)