March 2014 - Fold Forming Metal

Our March meeting will be lead by Cecilia Rosales and we'll be fold-forming 24gauge copper

Everyone will get a couple small pieces of 24ga copper. Foil is too thin, heavier gauges are difficult to work with.

We will need to have:

Annealing stations (at least one or two)

fire brick

torch

surface protection

quenching bowl or bucket

Tools:

ear plugs

safety glasses

anvil or tree stump

bench block

hammer (raising or forging hammers if you have them)

leather mallet

anvils and stakes

large vise

pliers, both chain nose, flat and wide jawed

prying tools (like a bench knife, butter knife)

We are planning to set up a hammering board (using a couple wooden stools, a large heavy board and come C-clamps.) If you have a sturdy stool that stands 29", please contact Lynette.