June 20, 201610 yr Have quite a bit of copper sheeting to texture. It's pretty thin around 16ga. Anyone ever textured with a pneumatic needle gun before?? I have heard a lot of guys getting an air chisel or air hammer and putting chisel bits in and putting texture in that way to be quicker than doing it by hand. Any good fast techniques?? Or experience with the needle gun?? the picture is the look I am trying to achieve.
June 20, 201610 yr Greetings Bmallen, I think you will find that an air chisel or scaler will be hard to control . I have a special machine that uses air chisel tools but it has a hydraulic table to control the impact.. For a look as per your picture I would use 2 flat plates and some steel shot with a little slag mixed in.. A treadle hammer or fly press would make it go much faster.. Be sure to aneal the copper first.. Just my 2c Forge on and make beautiful things Jim
June 20, 201610 yr Author Great idea. Never thought of using steel shot like that. I appreciate the advice. That I will definitely try.
June 23, 201610 yr Author Just got my pieces textured. I ended up using an air hammer with a make shift 1/2" ball tool on the end of it. Took me 2 hours to texture 6 sheet of 16ga. Copper 12"x36"
June 23, 201610 yr Author Definitely not the best way I have spent two hours. I can't imagine doing all that by hand. Would of taken me a whole day and wouldn't have been as uniform.
December 28, 20169 yr Yes. Think thinner. 20g or even lighter. 16 gauge is too thick to work with the needle scaler. Push it around until it work hardens and you'll start developing the "ridges". Makes a very neat effect and doesn't take all day. I try to NOT anneal at the final so the work has some rigidity and defense against denting.
December 28, 20169 yr Great discussion, learned a great deal from the thread. Definitely want to try this out. Quick question for @Wroughton: There are various small holes that appear to be for nails. However, that doesn't seem quite correct. So, what are they for? Thanks, Dave
December 28, 20169 yr The "ravens" and script stand off the copper sheet. The holes are for the mounting pins that were plug welded into the ravens and script. They go into a center, indexing plate. The sign was 2 sided.
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