It’s significantly cheaper and the there is a lot of waste in the project you’ve chosen to do. Sawing patterns requires a lot of practice. You’ll also need a drill to begin each section, a saw, correct blades, needle files and good light.
It’s significantly cheaper and the there is a lot of waste in the project you’ve chosen to do. Sawing patterns requires a lot of practice. You’ll also need a drill to begin each section, a saw, correct blades, needle files and good light.
If you haven't done any piercing it may be best to just practise that first on a flat piece of copper.
You could cut it from a flat peice of wax with a paper template. Then bend and solder when cast at least with wax you can fix it if you mess up. This would be easier I think but by no means the most cost effective way.
Okay, I have most of those things, just unsure which blades, can you recommend sizes?
Yeah I think I’ll try on copper first and get the hang of it that way, then I’ll go over to silver thank you!
Hi, check out the Cooksongold blog or Google the question (the Cooksongold link will probably come up first). Saw blade grades vary to suit the thickness of metal you are cutting. Fine teeth will also help when cutting shapes from a drilled hole. Definitely practice with copper!! Good luck. Ian
Here is a saw blade chart. You need at least three teeth touching when sawing the sheet, so the chart is not that helpful.
However don't despair, a 4/0 blade will be just right for a smooth clean cut when using 1.00mm thick metal.
Copper handles much like silver, but of course the solder will show. No bad thing as it will teach you how much you need.
Do let us follow your work in progress. Dennis.
Last edited by Dennis; 26-11-2019 at 02:23 PM.
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