joreve Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hello everyone. I have a question. I am messing with some scrap copper. I am heating and hammering and folding. So far I have folded three times. I am curious to know if this will create a pattern. The folds are welded and I'll fold the copper about twice more. I'm gonna turn the scrap piece of copper into a pendant. It's about 2"x3"x0.010" I'll add some pictures later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I am curious too... so take pictures for us please! It seems unlikely to me, but even I could be wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 no. for mokume you need more than one metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joreve Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 I wasn't thinking hard enough. I'll throw in another kind of alloy. I'll use some old pesos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Or add brass or flattened 5 cent or quarters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joreve Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Ooo I'm excited now. Are there any coins that would be difficult to weld? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Start with quarters, prepackaged Mokume blanks that are consistently sized :) Look up the alloy of the pesos first, they vary by denomination and year, I have a bunch and looked it up at some point, don't have it handy right now though. 50 cent pieces are the same composition as quarters but they are a lot larger, so you get a much larger stack for the effort The folding approach to Mokume seems to be much more difficult than cutting and stacking and it is very difficult to get the folded edge to behave. There was another thread a while ago about it and he ended up with a nice crack right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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