kburd Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 soooo.... one time in my constant search for the end of the internet I thought I spied an air powered veining set up. Something with weights on it to adjust hits etc. anybody any info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I have seen the use of an air hammer hand held, the person welded a "T" handle on the chisel so you can change direction while working and re shaped the tools to fit the need. hope that helps I will look for the artical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kburd Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 thanks francis. I have a spring loaded one similar to the mark aspery and many others that i have seen and i made a cup to fit over my chisel and then it fits in a hand held air hammer. I would like to make it controlled off a foot petal so that i could have both hands free to move the material i know i saw this sort of a get up somewhere maybe on anvil fire way back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Here's a great step by step of some copper chasing with air tools.http://www.metalartistforum.com/maf/index.php?/topic/5754-photo-documentary-tortoise-sculpture/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 TAke alook at an air powered planishing hammer. Not sure who all sells them but Harbor Freight has one. Yoiu maybe could adapt it to fit your needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kburd Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 nuge... that is an awesome piece of work at that link! just awesome! every one should look at this fine piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 That is a really wonderful testement to the metalworkers art and I really like turtles too. I think you maybe onto something with the planishing hammer thing but it has to fast of cycle rate for good control. When I'm doing repousse by hand and following a line it's hard enough but with that fast rate of an air hammer I don't know that you could follow a line very well, and the chisle head keeps spining around between strokes. I guess we're just talking about putting some vanes in steel aren't we? Is there a way to slow down the number of hits on air chisle? :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Why not clamp a handle onto the chisel with something like a aircraft clamp to control tool direction? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knots Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Try Trow and Holden air tools. These are professional grade air tools used for carving stone. For a given size different strokes are available. I would think that the shorter stroke would be used for chasing. I never have used mine for chasing but it I believe that they would serve well for that application. They have three sizes. The smaller size would perform very delicate work. I have seen the smaller size T&H tools used for cleaning up fossils with tooling essentially like dental tools. The larger sizes should be more than needed. I have used mine for stone and wood carving. These tools are not cheap but performance is strong and control smooth. Each size tool has a performance power range by varying air pressure. www/trowanmdholden.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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