mothflavour2 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I'm a robotics student at the British Columbia Institute of Technology here in Vancouver, I do all my personal electronic projects with a group of electronics enthusiasts at a studio downtown called the Vancouver Hackspace. I also work part time at a jeweller's supply store. Lately, I've been getting a few requests by some of my customers to make custom tools for them. Mostly things like dapping punches (basically what looks like a ball stake that you hammer into a matching die, with a sheet of silver in between. I've lately been working on getting a CNC machine running at the Hackspace (Sherline mill/lathe combo), but I still love to get my hands dirty. So over the winter break, a friend and I are going to set up his small forge and anvil, and hopefully just get a feel for working with hot metal. I've already taken out from both the Vancouver and BCIT libraries all the books on blacksmithing that they had. Eventually, I hope to be producing large sinusoidal stakes for silversmiths, and any other tools I can think of (chasing punches maybe?) Anyway, I joined this forum because I was impressed with the number of members, and figured that a popular forum like this would benefit me in my learning. Thanks! John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toreus Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Welcome! It's a great forum, and the people are downright helpful! Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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