Gundog48 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 After my initial foray into forging jewelry, I decided I'd like to give it another shot, but this time I managed to get my hands on some copper. This was my first experience forging copper and it was quite enjoyable, although a little frustrating when you're getting the feel for how brittle it becomes when work hardening! I was working with a very strange stock size, about 6mm x 3mm, I'm going to try to find some 1/4" round to work with in future. I forged a copper ring and a pendant, the steel ring up top was my first attempt at forging jewelry and my most successful! Credit to Alec Steele for giving me the idea for the ring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Not bad at all at all. Copper is fun to forge but you have to keep ahead of work hardening. Just heat it to dull read ad go back to the anvil with it you can quench but it's not necessary. Think Copper work hardens fast, give brass a try. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 i like your little leaf ring - sweet :) must be fiddling that size ? ive only forged copper once, and i loved it - cant think why i havnt again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosox Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 It looks great for me! It is like made from a real master on this field! Nicely done! Keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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