[Jewelry making - Article 00035] - Re: [Orchid] Before rolling mills

[Bill Churlik]

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Janet, 

    Hammers and apprentices to swing them. Ingots and buttons were
    poured and hammered out on an anvil. I have made many emergency small
    sheets that way before I had a rolling mill. Remember that drop
    hammers were driven by water for who knows how long and into the
    industrial revolution. Some of the wonderful old medieval and
    Renaissance woodcuts show the hammering process in the metal shops.
    There is a very good image of the whole process on the inside covers
    of The Colonial Silversmith, His Techniques & His Products, by Henry
    J. Kauffman. Offhand, I do not know the actual origin of that image. 

Bill Churlik
wechurlik AT earthlink.net
www.earthspeakarts.com


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