Colorado CJ
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With winter fast approaching, I am starting to think of ways to make a little money during the winter months and to stay busy, since my normal business is kind of slow during these times.
I've bought some pure copper bar stock and I'm starting to make small trinkets. These seem to sell on places like Etsy pretty well. The steel pieces are nice, but I figured, I'd start trying to forge copper.
Forging copper is a little different than steel. I've already ruined a few parts by leaving them in the forge a little too long. I turn around and there is a melted puddle in the forge
Hammer Forged Copper by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
I am just a beginner at blacksmithing, but it is a fun new (to me) way of forming metal and creating something from raw materials. It also is a lot nicer standing in front of the forge now that it is getting cold out 
I've bought some pure copper bar stock and I'm starting to make small trinkets. These seem to sell on places like Etsy pretty well. The steel pieces are nice, but I figured, I'd start trying to forge copper.
Forging copper is a little different than steel. I've already ruined a few parts by leaving them in the forge a little too long. I turn around and there is a melted puddle in the forge
Hammer Forged Copper by Andrew Marjama, on FlickrI am just a beginner at blacksmithing, but it is a fun new (to me) way of forming metal and creating something from raw materials. It also is a lot nicer standing in front of the forge now that it is getting cold out 
. They are heated up and hammered out of 5/8" square bar stock. The steel ones take be about 15-20 minutes to hammer out. These copper ones take closer to 30 minutes a piece since they are sandblasted, patina finished, rubbed down with steel wool, then clear coated.
