Tubularfab Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I was searching for Christmas gift ideas and found a post from last year showing some nice holly leaf candlestick holders. That poster credited a newsletter for the inspiration... Anyway, I drew up a similar shape in CAD, and used my plasma cutter to cut the blanks:http://youtu.be/gCbhcdxcLEM Is there any other way to cut a complex shape like that? It's a very old machine for cnc (1990) that I picked up cheap and retrofit a hobby pc cnc control to. Makes my life easier! Used a chisel to vein them while hot, and add some life by making them a little more 3d. Here is the finished piece: Oh, the copper candle holders are made from 3/4" copper tubing from Home Depot. I machined a mandrel on the lathe that sizes the tube up in a taper, and flares the top out and bottom in. So, I cut the tube to 1.25" long, anneal it, and press it over the mandrel. If anyone is interested I can snap pics of the mandrel and post them. So, not a very blacksmithy project really, but I like them. So have the recipients so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubularfab Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Found the post that I got the idea from: http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/24463-its-time-to-think-about-christmas/?hl=christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Well if one lacks a plasma cutter or other CNC cutter you could use a curved hot cut chisel to make those shapes A sort of gouge shaped hot cut chisel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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