[Jewelry making - Article 00039] - Re: [Orchid] Before rolling mills

[Hratch Babikian]

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    Large hammers ,5/6 pounds two people hammering on an anvil (either
    bronze or stone surface)  ,a larger cast billet, one person holding
    onto the billet with a pair of long tongs, turning the billet around
    and moving it about in a specific direction or another depending on
    the item to be made,while the hammer blows are going on at the exact
    same spot on the anvil. an earlier version of a power hammer. a very
    old way when labor and time were of no object, I didn't own a sheet
    metal rolling mill until last year, and I made a lot of my sheet in
    this way. a pair of large narrow nose vise grips ,1kilo hammer, a
    80lbs Swedes anvil, the amount of control that you have on shaping
    and thinning out the sheet is unparalleled ,with out cracks ,or
    boundaries on how thick you can start at, a definite skill to master
    but not that hard to undertake. but on the other hand, after so many 
    years of intense labor body starts crying... 


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