Metal Box
I'm experimenting in the softness of metal.
I'm experimenting in the softness of metal.
Somehow this shape jumped into my head oneday.
Don't know what got into me, cold roll 14ga steel,16d cut nails, Lincoln mig wire & bee's wax- maybe the last of my bee's wax…
Thought about templating the layout onto Mylar orflashing and then decided to one off it…
Glued paper to the sheet for layout andvisibility- too much time on the computer plus age… cut it out with a saber saw
The wings are eyeballed to be ¼” (1/2 “ overall),on each top side, wider than square, to accentuate the flare….
Textured the metal on a 30# usher anvil (no suchthing in the anvil forums) I pulled out of the trash (same haul that I got themachinist vise and a woodworker’s vise that needs some babbet pouring), whichI'm probably going to bust if I ever mount it the proper height….
I used ball peen hammers of various sizes and somepunch work using cut nails, one ground to a chisel point another with the headturned 90 degrees…
Texturing was done cold, did rosebud the wholething a few times to red-hot to get some scale which adds some nice texture andleaves light and dark marks when hammered over.
Hot marked the bend joints with a blunted brickchisel, heated it past cherry and bent it in a brake I made up- it’spictured….one fold did tear, break, separate whatever, but after experimentingit made the cleanest bend…
Welded it inside too much-
(I'm sort of planning a similar unit brazed withcopper electric wire)
Finished it first w/ a knotted SS cup brush on agrinder, switched to a softer carbon steel cup brush (picture) at 850 RPM onthe drill press, then stuck a piece of red scotch brite pad on the brush andfinished on a cloth wheel on a buffer made from a washing machine motor…
Washed it in hot water and detergent..
Heated it on a clothes iron, while I cleaned up,and brushed bee's wax over it…
Let that stand for a day, reheated it and rubbedthe wax in, the metal is more porous than most think it is, smoked a cigaretteand drank coffee while rubbing it out the day after.
Don't know what got into me, cold roll 14ga steel,16d cut nails, Lincoln mig wire & bee's wax- maybe the last of my bee's wax…
Thought about templating the layout onto Mylar orflashing and then decided to one off it…
Glued paper to the sheet for layout andvisibility- too much time on the computer plus age… cut it out with a saber saw
The wings are eyeballed to be ¼” (1/2 “ overall),on each top side, wider than square, to accentuate the flare….
Textured the metal on a 30# usher anvil (no suchthing in the anvil forums) I pulled out of the trash (same haul that I got themachinist vise and a woodworker’s vise that needs some babbet pouring), whichI'm probably going to bust if I ever mount it the proper height….
I used ball peen hammers of various sizes and somepunch work using cut nails, one ground to a chisel point another with the headturned 90 degrees…
Texturing was done cold, did rosebud the wholething a few times to red-hot to get some scale which adds some nice texture andleaves light and dark marks when hammered over.
Hot marked the bend joints with a blunted brickchisel, heated it past cherry and bent it in a brake I made up- it’spictured….one fold did tear, break, separate whatever, but after experimentingit made the cleanest bend…
Welded it inside too much-
(I'm sort of planning a similar unit brazed withcopper electric wire)
Finished it first w/ a knotted SS cup brush on agrinder, switched to a softer carbon steel cup brush (picture) at 850 RPM onthe drill press, then stuck a piece of red scotch brite pad on the brush andfinished on a cloth wheel on a buffer made from a washing machine motor…
Washed it in hot water and detergent..
Heated it on a clothes iron, while I cleaned up,and brushed bee's wax over it…
Let that stand for a day, reheated it and rubbedthe wax in, the metal is more porous than most think it is, smoked a cigaretteand drank coffee while rubbing it out the day after.
