Some say tomato I say tomada, anyway this is how I do em. The little combo dies I use only for small leaves and are about 1 3/8 w x 5'' and on the drawing side they are open maybe 3/32'' so forging them too thin is not an issue.

 

 

http://youtu.be/fpyiI8RqOUU

Nice Video and a cool die

Nice demo. What type of hammer?  Looks sweet.

nice macbruce - always mesmeric watching leaves appear!! thats pretty much how i do mine, except you leave a nice ridge up the middle... more food for thought :) thanks for filming that 

Cool, I pretty much do mint the same way except I use standard drawing dies and after it is flattened I put the whole leaf parallel to the long axis of the die and offset to each side for a few blows to form the center ridge then draw down the edges. You have pretty good control of the leaf and it looks real good.

Do you ever add any veins to the aspen leaves? Not having aspen around here I haven't studied them enough to be sure how they look.

Nice demo. What type of hammer?  Looks sweet.

 

110# Mutant ''Bull'' Fankenhammer I made in 2003.........

 

 

 

Do you ever add any veins to the aspen leaves? Not having aspen around here I haven't studied them enough to be sure how they look.

Sure do, that's what the Zipmax is for.....

awsome hammer and great  video.. is it air or hydraulic powered and how do you make it fire in multiple hits please.

awsome hammer and great  video.. is it air or hydraulic powered and how do you make it fire in multiple hits please.

Thanks, It's an air hammer, hydraulics are too slow for fast reciprocating blows. That machine operates at around 250-325 blows per minute depending on the air pressure.