[Jewelry making - Article 00774] - Re: [Orchid] Chasing Tools and Tree Stump

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>     I have been following this a little and I am trying to figure out
>     why you want or need a tree stump. 

    I am wanting to get a tree stump to use for all my hammering
    activities.  In the past I used to do some cold forging of silver,
    copper and brass at uni as well as some raising in the same metals. 
    I really miss these techniques but could take them up again in a
    smaller scale if I could dampen the sound and vibrations enough. 

    At the moment I have a steel bench block on top of my bench top - it
    is not really ideal as my table seems to act like some sort of
    amplifying device (it has a steel frame and wooden top).  Sometimes
    I will be centrepunching fifty times in a row or tapping things flat
    against my block - they seem like small scale tasks requiring a
    minimum of force but it seems to make an absolute racket. 

    If I get a tree stump any and all hammering activities will be
    performed on the stump instead of on my amplifying jewellers bench. 
    It will not only provide peace and quiet for my neighbours but also
    peace of mind for me. 

    R.R. Jackson 

    P.S.  In hindsight I can see that I have probably confused the issue
    by mentioning the tree stump only in conjunction with chasing... but
    I would certainly have more uses for it than that - and it would
    perhaps be more important to those uses that to chasing.

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