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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Cosmin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Great tip thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT",serif'>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Woodworkers <woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cosmin Dini via Woodworkers<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 30, 2021 4:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> woodworkers@sawdusters.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Cosmin Dini <wm_crash@hotmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Woodworkers] Copper metal working<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If you are going to drill the copper, you might consider modifying a drill bit to be more suitable for the operation. Have a look:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAngKHIZgyA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAngKHIZgyA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If you are going to cut the sphere, you can get quite far with a hacksaw. Cut around so the final break is in the middle. Then it's not that difficult to sand flat the flat portion of the half sphere.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Cosmin<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;min-width: 424px' id="LPBorder_BVTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g:dj1wQW5nS0hJWmd5QQ.."><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:solid #C8C8C8 1.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:9.0pt 27.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><div style='margin-right:9.0pt;overflow:hidden' id=LPImageContainer845298><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAngKHIZgyA" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=240 height=180 style='width:2.5in;height:1.875in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.JwfpytqVhxgkyLNo5OnjcwHgFo&pid=Api"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></td><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;border:none;padding:9.0pt 27.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:9.0pt' id=LPTitle845298><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Light",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAngKHIZgyA" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Spare parts #7 - Modifying A Twist Drill For Drilling Brass</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:9.0pt;max-height: 100px;overflow:hidden' id=LPDescription845298><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Modifying A Twist Drill For Drilling Brass, by Clickspring Drilling brass with a standard twist drill carries a hazard with it, that can be easily avoided with a simple modification to the drill bit. Its simple, fast and very effective. The main project video that this video is related to is "How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part ...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=LPMetadata845298><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#A6A6A6'><a href="http://www.youtube.com">www.youtube.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> on behalf of Greg via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 30, 2021 9:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> Sawdusters <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@sawdusters.org">woodworkers@sawdusters.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Greg <<a href="mailto:dasnipa@gmail.com">dasnipa@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Woodworkers] Copper metal working</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>How about a homemade extruder?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 5:23 PM Jason Beam via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I like this suggestion of drilling on the lathe a lot more. The grabbiness of the copper is a lot less of a factor when you're feeding with the tailstock of a lathe. <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jason Beam<br><b><a href="https://beamerweb.com" target="_blank">Beamer's Brands</a></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 3/30/2021 2:18 PM, Richard Allen via Woodworkers wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have turned copper on a wood lathe before. I would take a 7/8” rod about 2” long an turn a sphere at one end. The end being held by the lathe could be turned down to a suitable diameter so the sphere would be attached to the rod as a single piece of copper. Another option would be to drill and tap the 1” sphere and thread some of your 3/8” rod to screw into the taped sphere. Copper drills fine. Plan on discarding the drill bit as sometimes the copper will “weld” to the drill bit. I would do the drilling with the 1” sphere in a chuck on the lathe. I would turn down the 1” sphere by mounting the 3/8” rod in a chuck on the lathe. Copper turns with a scraper. It is a fairly slow process but 10 minutes of scraper work and 15 minutes of sanding and polishing should give you a sphere shape to your likening<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Mar 30, 2021, at 5:02 PM, chuck.steger--- via Woodworkers <a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank"><woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hope everyone is safe and healthy!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> I need some advice on working solid copper. I’ll give you some context on what I’m doing.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> I designing and building a Heritage Box for someone. Everything that goes into the design and construction will have some elements from their cultural background. Their mother and grandparents lived and worked in a copper mining town in Chile and copper was a big part of their lives. To bring copper into the design, I will attach the legs to the box using copper rods. Since the legs taper, I will use 1/8”, 3/16”, and ¼” rods and leave a ¼” gap between the legs and box. But this is subtle and I wanted to add something else. So I want to add a copper sphere at the top of the box. I drew up the design full scale and the sphere looks good at ¾”. So, I started researching copper spheres and what I found are jewelry spheres ½” and less or solid spheres 1” and greater. I ordered the 1” spheres which are actually used for plating copper.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> So here are some of my issues/questions/concerns:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Is there any way possible to reduce the diameter? I thought about some kind of holding contraption on a lathe and then using files but that just sounds like a bad idea.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The sphere weights in at 3 oz. Now that may seem light but it’s a little heftier that I wanted because I don’t want it to tip the box over when hinged open. The box footprint will be 8”x12” so it may be OK. I will build a prototype as I always do so I’ll find out. Also with a prototype it will be easy to see if 1” is too big. A ¾” hollow sphere would be perfect but I can’t find that.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Will solid copper drill OK? I would like to drill a hole for a rod to anchor the sphere to the box. I will epoxy the sphere to a cradle but a rod would be so much more secure IMO. And, given the weight, I would feel better.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Here’s another take …. Is there a way to cut the sphere in ½” I only have WW bandsaws so even with a metal blade, WW bandsaws run too fast, don’t they? The thought process here is maybe I take the two half spheres and attach them to the side of the box as an adornment. The design will be mostly Asian so spheres might look good. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> So you can see the design is in total flux. I’ve started building the prototype out of pine.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Chuck<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.<br><a href="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a><br><br>To unsubscribe from this list -<br><a href="http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org" target="_blank">http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</a><br><br>Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -<br><a href="mailto:woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe from this list -<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org" target="_blank">http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.<br><a href="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a><br><br>To unsubscribe from this list -<br><a href="http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org" target="_blank">http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</a><br><br>Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -<br><a href="mailto:woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>