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    Japanese Tansu Ironwork Piercing?

    in Cold Worked Iron and Steel

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    If you look closely at your pics you'll notice the champher= acid cut. Etching is the way to go. You can scan your pic. and trace it in coreldraw/or similar then take your drawing to a signage maker to cut it out for you in vynil. Stick it on your metal and etch through.

     

    Randa Fahmy(I think thats how you spell it) lights are made this way(google for pics) People will tell you its done with peircing but I have made numerous lights for projects in the UAE(including ones for the Al Bateen palace) this  way.

     

    Ian

    Thanks, I'll look into the results i can get from acid. any suggestions as to what kind should i try it out with?
    Though i've no doubts it could be done in a lot of other ways, in this case i can definitely say that both of the examples in those pictures were cut using cold chisels followed up by a huge amount of filing...hence why they would have cost a lot more when they were made than what they do now

    Hi from Melbourne

    in Introduce Yourself

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    Hello everyone, my name's Damien, a 21 year old fashion student and part time antique restorer from melbourne with a big interest in Japanese and Chinese antiques and the metalworking methods used on their hardware, armoury, locksmithing, casting and metallurgy and a handful of other related areas. 

    Outside of the metal workshop i've got a soft spot for cabinetry, stone carving, drawing, sewing, history, gardening and insect collecting. 

    Its nice to meet you all :)

    Japanese Tansu Ironwork Piercing?

    in Cold Worked Iron and Steel

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    Hi everyone i've been wanting for the last few years to start a little furniture making project, and at long last i've got all the materials and most of the tools and knowhow needed for it. Unfortunately however, i'm having a little trouble with one detail in particular since i've got almost no experience in cold chiselling thick iron or steel, and the chest i'd like to make would probably feature a lot of it. 

    I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any hand tools aside from cold chisels that could allow me to produce this kind of pierced work with roughly 1.5-2mm thick corten/weathering steel? 
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    http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~s-mingei/cyoubako2.html

    Or, alternatively, if there's no other way aside from cold chiseling it, can anyone give me some pointers on the types i should look into getting before starting or any other useful tips?

     

    For anyone curious about the chests in the links, they're mid 1850's to 1900's traditional japanese safes, used by merchants but generally called ships chests, funa dansu or funa tansu, the first would sell for about $5000-$6000 and the second's closer to the 10-16k mark

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