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Post by jamesp on Jan 31, 2014 5:11:26 GMT -5
These are silver plated dinner fork tines. About $1-$2 at a thrift store. Usually 4 tines/fork. Good practice stuff to do warm up before working more expensive piece. Metal is on the hard side even after annealing. Look at the wear on the bottom for copper color to get pieces that will anneal softer. a ring hard to bow or arch. these were about 3 minutes each, did not get rings perfectly round Bottom ring has a ridge and ruined. Due to me trying to push the metal too far
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Post by connrock on Jan 31, 2014 8:24:48 GMT -5
You're ALWAYS thinking James and this is no exception! I have a wood box with a lot of silver plated silverware I didn't know what to do with!Now I have something free I can play with! Thanks,,, connrock
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Post by jamesp on Jan 31, 2014 9:18:13 GMT -5
You're ALWAYS thinking James and this is no exception! I have a wood box with a lot of silver plated silverware I didn't know what to do with!Now I have something free I can play with! Thanks,,, connrock Like to hear your opinion. That is a hard metal. Stubborn to work with but surprisingly workable. Thought it would break or crack but not. The silver plated trays are soft though.
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Post by pghram on Jan 31, 2014 10:45:47 GMT -5
Great idea, could you also use the handles?
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Post by Don on Jan 31, 2014 10:51:35 GMT -5
silverware "steam punk" jewelery seems to be all the rage at the moment. spoons into bracelets, forks into pendants, knives into rings, etc. the only problem with this fashion is now I can never find good second hand silverware when I need some at the thrift stores.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 31, 2014 11:23:52 GMT -5
It's a blast from the 70's! I remember spoon rings. I had one for every finger. I had a Native American boyfriend who made me all sorts of pretty jewelry. Wish I still had it. But, being young and dumb as a box of rocks, when we broke up, I ditched it.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jan 31, 2014 12:00:06 GMT -5
What is the base metal with silver plate? I have a friend from bazaars and shows who makes windchimes from old silver plate. He also does some bracelets and rings. I asked him once how many times he anneals and he answered "annealing, what's that?" He works everything cold and scraps it if it breaks.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 31, 2014 12:14:06 GMT -5
Great idea, could you also use the handles? Rich You could Rich. A lot of people make stuff out of the handles. As Tela said, it was popular in the 70's and making a come back recently. However, it is on the hard side. Silver plated trays are great metal in that the metal is probably only rolled. Much softer. Like bail metal. Or soft jewelry sheet. The older stuff is awesome to work with. I would say more costly alloys were used. Those tines are just nice little morsels to work with. Great practice fodder and cheap and common.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 31, 2014 12:15:22 GMT -5
silverware "steam punk" jewelery seems to be all the rage at the moment. spoons into bracelets, forks into pendants, knives into rings, etc. the only problem with this fashion is now I can never find good second hand silverware when I need some at the thrift stores. I bought a bag of 10 silver plate forks for $9.99 Don. Etsy has em.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 31, 2014 12:29:44 GMT -5
What is the base metal with silver plate? I have a friend from bazaars and shows who makes windchimes from old silver plate. He also does some bracelets and rings. I asked him once how many times he anneals and he answered "annealing, what's that?" He works everything cold and scraps it if it breaks. Lee #2 Lee, yellow brass and copper for sure. The white 'brass' could be hard to figure out. Like it could be german silver. If you look up white brass you may find several generic mixes. Expensive companies like the Rogers families used white metal so that the worn spots matched the silver plated color. Copper shows when the wear starts, as does yellow brass. That's my theory any way. Cause i have chopped up about 20 trays over the years and looked up the name on the bottom and researched them a bit. And the expensive ones seem to use white metal. I found a load of 1940 era Gebruder Hepp silver plate from Germany and it was hands down my favorite to forge. I was able to research and prove they were german silver. You could pound that stuff till it is 1/3 the original thickness. Oddly, two of those plates were stamped 18 8 which is soft stainless. And it was silver plated. It was much harder than the german silver. I bought 9 trays and about used them up. They were 9" x 22". And closer to 1/16 thick. i paid $5 ea. The stuff i get is a bit beat up. But interesting to research the family businesses that made the stuff. Never tried EBAY. Etsy has them.
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Post by 1dave on Jan 31, 2014 13:20:25 GMT -5
A naming note:
4 tines = Fork 3 tines = Threek 2 tines = Twok 1 tine = Onek
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Post by jamesp on Jan 31, 2014 14:30:40 GMT -5
A naming note: 4 tines = Fork 3 tines = Threek 2 tines = Twok 1 tine = Onek You forgot the prison 'spork'. soon + tines = spork
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Post by 1dave on Jan 31, 2014 21:08:53 GMT -5
Yes I did. Blush!
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Post by Pat on Feb 1, 2014 14:04:45 GMT -5
jamesp You could flatten the big end a bit, put a bail (or just drill a hole) and chain/thong on that end, and call them ______ teeth!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 1, 2014 15:37:11 GMT -5
jamesp You could flatten the big end a bit, put a bail (or just drill a hole) and chain/thong on that end, and call them ______ teeth! and call them ______ teeth! Help me fill in the blank Pat... They are evil looking.
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Post by pghram on Feb 2, 2014 15:32:18 GMT -5
I'm getting old, I know what steam is & I know what a punk is but I know not "steam punk."
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Post by jamesp on Feb 2, 2014 18:33:36 GMT -5
It is a strange term. I am not sure where the term came from.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 2, 2014 18:38:30 GMT -5
I'm getting old, I know what steam is & I know what a punk is but I know not "steam punk." Rich It requires some imagination Rich. Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,[1] especially in a setting inspired by industrialised Western civilisation during the 19th century. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the 19th century's British Victorian era or American "Wild West", in a post-apocalyptic future during which steam power has regained mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power. Steampunk perhaps most recognisably features anachronistic technologies or retro-futuristic inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them, and is likewise rooted in the era's perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. Such technology may include fictional machines like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or the modern authors Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld, Stephen Hunt and China Miéville. Other examples of steampunk contain alternative history-style presentations of such technology as lighter-than-air airships, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 2, 2014 22:03:45 GMT -5
To get even more confusing, there is diesel punk. It's my favorite and a spin off of steam punk.
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Post by 1dave on Feb 2, 2014 22:12:09 GMT -5
I don't know what either of you are talking about but it is well presented!
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