hello all, havent been around much but i know i will get some good info from you guys on this.
i am currently at VCU studying art in the craft/material studies department concentrating in metals and glass. next semester i am going to be doing an independent study in mokume gane. i have limited resources here, the 2 main profs dont do MG and only one of the grad students and one adjunct instructor do it and the adjunct may not teach next semester in the c/ms department.
i saw a good demo from them today and got a few recommendations on books.
but my request to everyone here is what are good resources to use (mostly in book or electronic form) to help me along.
for the torque plates i plan to use 1/2-3/4 stainless steel and am planing to use rather short thick bolts to torque it down and im probably going to try to get wing nuts or weld on wings to the nuts so that i can quickly remove the billet from the plates. i also am planing to make the plates with no handles so i can just use tongs to move it and to allow me to rotate it in the forge (saw them have an issue today with the back side melting since it got more heat built up on the back side).
as to what i will have to accomplish i will have to make 2 sheets and make something out of one of the sheets. i plan to make one out of brass and copper to turn in and one out of silver and copper or brass. i plan to do a few test billets from copper and brass that are thinner and smaller so that i can get the hang of it more and not spend the money off the bat.
thanks for any info
-matt
i am currently at VCU studying art in the craft/material studies department concentrating in metals and glass. next semester i am going to be doing an independent study in mokume gane. i have limited resources here, the 2 main profs dont do MG and only one of the grad students and one adjunct instructor do it and the adjunct may not teach next semester in the c/ms department.
i saw a good demo from them today and got a few recommendations on books.
but my request to everyone here is what are good resources to use (mostly in book or electronic form) to help me along.
for the torque plates i plan to use 1/2-3/4 stainless steel and am planing to use rather short thick bolts to torque it down and im probably going to try to get wing nuts or weld on wings to the nuts so that i can quickly remove the billet from the plates. i also am planing to make the plates with no handles so i can just use tongs to move it and to allow me to rotate it in the forge (saw them have an issue today with the back side melting since it got more heat built up on the back side).
as to what i will have to accomplish i will have to make 2 sheets and make something out of one of the sheets. i plan to make one out of brass and copper to turn in and one out of silver and copper or brass. i plan to do a few test billets from copper and brass that are thinner and smaller so that i can get the hang of it more and not spend the money off the bat.
thanks for any info
-matt
