junker Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 how do you carve symbols and shapes into brass for things such as pommels and crossgaurds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Engravers use tools like the ones in the picture. Others "chisel" in the features with various shaped cold chisels. I haven't much experience in either but I'll bet someone in this forum does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Dremils, chisels, drills, needle files (and other files). A lot of fancy ones are cast using the lost way process where you carve the wax positive---a lot easier than carving brass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 You can also acid etch in the symbols you want. http://steampunkworkshop.com/electroetch.shtml Also like Thomas said you can use the lost wax casting method or a more direct approach is sand casting but the detail isn't as fine. Here is a series on steam casting a variation on lost wax casting used mostly for smaller items http://www.myheap.com/book/chapter-08A/steamcasting.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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