Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Tube light


I made this casing today. The tube is made of copper plate, rounded and fixed with a crimped seem. The section for the glass is made of brass, crimped and formed with a....can opener!
Works great on small objects!

Art of Coppersmithing



I picked up this book today. The original was written in 1893! If this ain't learning it the oldschool way, what is?

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Heiwa



Found this nice bike from Heiwa
I think I'm going to make such a taillight from copper for my CB500.