We anneal wire regularly for making jewelry. You can use a propane torch to heat up the wire to a glow and then dunk it in a bowl of water to cool down. Great advice.
Some insulated welding gloves would be a great way to protect your hands while annealing the wire. When I was taught how to anneal steel we would burry the metal in dry sand. The sand dissipates the heat slower and keeps it from having hard and soft areas.
Thanks for the demonstration. I love copper but have gotten frustrated when it hardens up. I think my little fire-pit will be just right for this project. Great use for the root hook. I love mine! BTW if you want to up the heat on those coals, use a hair dryer. It will bring them to a high burn evenly and quickly.
I always get the copper wire from our maintenance engineer when he fits new machines in the factory. I strip the plastic coating and place it in the metal kiln at 1000 degrees till cherry red strait in a bucket 🪣 of cold water then job done 🪴
I needed this video! Copper wire is more common in South africa 🇿🇦. So I got so much, but it's so hard to bend! I'm gonna try this in our pizza oven it gets really hot really fast, so it should work
So fun! The only thing I would say, though, is that by wetting your gloves you allowed the heat to transfer quicker than if they were dry. The root hook was a perfect choice, though! 🤩
I would not suggest to cool it in wire. Rapidly cooling a metal from from a high temperature using a medium such as water is known as quenching which is a herdening technique. Allowing it to cool slowly wil result in a much softer material. I use my gas top stove when I cook sometimes to feed previously used copper wire pieces through to soften it and be able to use it again. If you want to use a grill I'd suggest carcoal with a hairdryer you'd be able to much more easily get higher temperatures. Also from S.A.🇿🇦😁
We anneal wire regularly for making jewelry. You can use a propane torch to heat up the wire to a glow and then dunk it in a bowl of water to cool down. Great advice.
Some insulated welding gloves would be a great way to protect your hands while annealing the wire. When I was taught how to anneal steel we would burry the metal in dry sand. The sand dissipates the heat slower and keeps it from having hard and soft areas.
Thanks for the demonstration. I love copper but have gotten frustrated when it hardens up. I think my little fire-pit will be just right for this project. Great use for the root hook. I love mine! BTW if you want to up the heat on those coals, use a hair dryer. It will bring them to a high burn evenly and quickly.
I always get the copper wire from our maintenance engineer when he fits new machines in the factory.
I strip the plastic coating and place it in the metal kiln at 1000 degrees till cherry red strait in a bucket 🪣 of cold water then job done 🪴
well done a vary rarely mentioned subject and something I have been thinking about recently.
I needed this video! Copper wire is more common in South africa 🇿🇦. So I got so much, but it's so hard to bend! I'm gonna try this in our pizza oven it gets really hot really fast, so it should work
The mad scientist at it again!
Thanks Jelle 👍
So fun! The only thing I would say, though, is that by wetting your gloves you allowed the heat to transfer quicker than if they were dry. The root hook was a perfect choice, though! 🤩
Great advice..👍😊
Good tip
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I would not suggest to cool it in wire. Rapidly cooling a metal from from a high temperature using a medium such as water is known as quenching which is a herdening technique. Allowing it to cool slowly wil result in a much softer material.
I use my gas top stove when I cook sometimes to feed previously used copper wire pieces through to soften it and be able to use it again.
If you want to use a grill I'd suggest carcoal with a hairdryer you'd be able to much more easily get higher temperatures.
Also from S.A.🇿🇦😁
For copper there is no hardening when fast-cooled. That is for iron-based materials.
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The same trick can be used with Heavy Aluminium, obviously at a lower temperature 😂
Both metals age harden