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General Altoid's Snuff Boxes
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The technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief is called repoussé.
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Those turned out fine Sir, very nice job. A friend of mine makes them by putting down a small amount of sand on his concrete patio and hammers them with a ball peen hammer. It has the same effect as yours however leaves a really nice effect from the sand, wish I had a picture as they really turn out nicely. Mebbe I have a new project.... :hmm:
Yup.
Annealing copper and a lot of copper alloys works just the opposite of steel.
While quenching the higher carbon steels from a red heat will harden them, quenching copper from a red heat will soften or anneal it.
I don't have a neat rectangular box like Stumpies but for years I've carried a CCI Percussion cap box with (dare I say it?) tobacco in it.
It's handy for those "No Smoking" areas that are getting posted everywhere.
I don't even have to sit in the back of the bus anymore.
I used a propane torch to burn off the paint and to get a nice mottled blue color on it.
Never go anywhere without it.
Annealing copper and a lot of copper alloys works just the opposite of steel.
While quenching the higher carbon steels from a red heat will harden them, quenching copper from a red heat will soften or anneal it.
I don't have a neat rectangular box like Stumpies but for years I've carried a CCI Percussion cap box with (dare I say it?) tobacco in it.
It's handy for those "No Smoking" areas that are getting posted everywhere.
I don't even have to sit in the back of the bus anymore.
I used a propane torch to burn off the paint and to get a nice mottled blue color on it.
Never go anywhere without it.
Those deer aren't mine - I just needed an image to demonstrate the concept and found that one.
Ours were something like Washington & Lincoln and came in a "paint-by-numbers" type art kit.
Ours were something like Washington & Lincoln and came in a "paint-by-numbers" type art kit.
RushCC said:
I used a scrap hanging file from work and did a lot of 'sperimintatin to get the dimensions right so it all folds and fits tightly. It's all just friction fit together.
Lately I've been using a plain one to carry six paper cartridges for my fowler.
Any tips for making that hinge set up they use to work better?
I find that to be the downfall of the Altoids tin esp after "burning", all the carbon left from the paint seems to make the hinge work kinda stiff,,
I find that to be the downfall of the Altoids tin esp after "burning", all the carbon left from the paint seems to make the hinge work kinda stiff,,
I wipe the burned tins with motor oil (clears the crud off) and then "roll" the hinge tabs with a pair of flat nosed modeler's pliers.
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Sorry to drag up an old thread but it's relevant.
Yesterday I came across a good supermarket find that that reminded me of this thread.If you're lucky/unlucky enough to live close to a Whole Foods market they sell a breath mint in a tin that is also very well suited for our uses. Same L&W as the Altoids tin but about 1/8" more shallow and with no embossing. Also was only like $1.50
It'll be nice once I burn the paint off.
Yesterday I came across a good supermarket find that that reminded me of this thread.If you're lucky/unlucky enough to live close to a Whole Foods market they sell a breath mint in a tin that is also very well suited for our uses. Same L&W as the Altoids tin but about 1/8" more shallow and with no embossing. Also was only like $1.50
It'll be nice once I burn the paint off.
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