Francis Trez Cole Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Decided to play with some aluminum made this pin put of 1/4" stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Pretty darned cool pin. Was it fun? There's lots of potentials for color anodizing too. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evfreek Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Wow. Looks great, and has the natural luster of aluminum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Frosty it was interesting the pine paint starer from the depot came in very handy yes that is the normal color. The next thing will be to set up an anodizing station. have the battery charger. just need tanks and die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I have some online friends who do a lot with coloring reactive metals. It's not the same as anodizing but some techniques cross over. I'll have to ask. Forging aluminum can be fun, it moves like butter but work hardens quickly it'll really teach you to pay attention to the material. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 A friend name of John Dach posted this info. You might suggest he contact Ron or Debbie Young at www.sculptnouveau.com or call them 1-800-728-5787, 8am-5pm PT, M-F as they have all sorts of materials for metals and coloring, - dyes, chemistries, etc. and see if they can help. Most often I talk with Debbi and she is VERY familiar with what they have and how they might or might not work with most any ???. John Hope this helps. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 great info thanks frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 You're welcome Francis, it's my pleasure. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 On 10 February 2016 at 2:37 AM, Francis Trez Cole said: Frosty it was interesting the pine paint starer from the depot came in very handy yes that is the normal color. The next thing will be to set up an anodizing station. have the battery charger. just need tanks and die. Always good fun to explore different materials. The starer you refer to, is that how those of us who write English (as opposed to American), would spell stirrer? As in your temperature tester? When heating bigger pieces to forge hot I always draw a squiggle with a soap bar, which turns black at annealing temperature, so I could tell if it was heating up evenly, and then went on to the pine stick for the greasy/sticky/charring surface test. When I have used hot forged Aluminium for internal architectural sized projects, I finished it by using phosphoric acid as a pickle/brightener and then Renaissance wax. External grilles were again acid brightened and had an isocyanate lacquer and then Renaissance wax. I seem to remember we did a bit of anodising at school in the lead lined acid bath and then finished in boiling water. But there is a lot of info available as I am sure you have found...http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml for instance. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 A method for testing temps that I learned from a motocross rider was to soot the part with an acetylene torch first, then kick the oxygen on and heat until the soot just burned off. At that it instant it was below the melting temp yet allowed you to bend the part without breaking it. It works pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Nice work Francis, I'm familiar with the soap indicator, it works well on Birmabright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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