rokshasa Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 hello , it's been a while but thats ok because i've been working in the shop alot of late . here is a wind shime i am making for a friend of the fam. the top part is 9 bars of 5/16 bar wraped with a collor and forge welded , i fullered it to give it some deco. the shimes are silver plated stainless stell given to me by said friend...after breaking a few i got the hang and just twisted the forks and flared out the spoons,it sounds really good, i think i may have enough to make one more wind shime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Very interesting. Is the flatware forged cold to keep its shine? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 hey Rokshasa - i really like it that looks wicked - i also very much like your forge weld - thats what i want to be able to do!!!! it looks really fab thanks for showing us :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Nice looking forge welded bundle. You can go lots of directions with that, grappling hooks, meat hooks(hang a chicken from each hook), three tired wind chimes. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 thank you for your comments, it was really fun but time intensive. phil- yes i did cold forge them, putting any kind of heat on there dulled and im pretty sure disitegrated the silver plate , a pair of nidle nose pliers with the teeth ground off and patiance is all you need to shape the forks. i plan on making lots more fun stuff with this technique , small metal sculpture is something im getting into bit by bit and thx brian for all the info on forge welded bundles!i got this idea from the squid you posted a while back and im happy to say it went really well for my first bundle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 You are very welcome, rokshasa. I'm glad you tried it out. There are alot of possibilities with this technique. I had two guys come by last Wednesday and they both completed a chandilier with the same technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 its something i wanted to try when i first seen it but i didn't think i could pull it off...then i did some forge welds . welding is simpler than i first thought, i tend to overthink things . its both a curse and a blessing lol.my next one is gonna be some kind of tree , maybe i'll do that today, get some more projects done befor work starts up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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