#metal work
Metal stock in our department’s machine shop. Basic machining skills are often necessary to build an experiment, and so many experimental physicists are encouraged to take a course in machining. The final project is to make a nut and bolt from scratch.
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Tibetan Jeweled Buddhist Dragon Kartika Vajra Knife Axe
For more details, or to purchase, visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/557050228/tibetan-jeweled-buddhist-dragon-kartika?ref=listings_manager_grid
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Tibetan Buddhist Manjushri Ghau Prayer Box crafted with Gem Inlay of Lapis, Coral & Turquoise
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Some work in caimbuels forge a while back
Some work in caimbuels forge a while back
Set eye hook practice
Gabrielle Nowicki - 2016 - Learning a new skill - Tin Boat
I’m moving the workshop out to the garage to build more automata and other Gubbinsy Type Stuff.
I’ve wanted to work with metal for quite some time now, so I began with what I have on hand (as usual), I have a stack of coffee cans that were stashed in the greenhouse… just because… you never know when you might need about 20 nice, shiny coffee cans… I used a Weller 240/325 watt soldering gun that I inherited from my Dad.
It was a painful process, due in part to the learning curve, but mostly because the gun is heavy to hold for long periods if you have tendinitis in your lower arms, as I have. Oh, and next time I’ll be patient and use a ruler…
I looked into brazing but our tanks are old and to replace them and get the new ones filled, and keeping them filled, would be dear.
I’m going to pick the brain of a welder friend of mine, this weekend, to see if mig welding something this small is possible. The boat is about 3″ long.
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Metal plague of a stag
7.6 cm high, 9.5 cm wide (3 x 3 ¾ inch.)
Kazakhstan, 6th - 5th century BC.
Source:Metropolitan Museum
Garment Plaque in the Shape of a Stag - Kazakhstan
ca. 400 - 600 BC
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Lorestan bronze, fibula showing a woman giving birth between 2 antelopes, ornamented with flowers, Iranian iron age (1500 to 700 BCE) at the Louvre museum, Paris, France, March 2010.
The name “canonical bronze of Lorestan” refers to a set of objects testifying of the original culture of a nomadic civilization who lived at the beginning of the iron age on the territory of the actual Iranian province of Lorestan (North West of the Zagros mountains). Its pastoral and nomadic way of life explain the lack of architectural remnants left, the few artefacts found being almost funeral objects found after graves were looted or excavated by archaeologists. These objects were made in one time almost in bronze using the lost-wax casting. It consist in axes, horse bytes, maces, fibulas, or swords whom style and ornaments are typical, testifying of the originality of such civilization and great savoir-faire of its craftsmen.
Disk pin with woman giving birth, flanked by two antelopes (Luristan/Lorestan Bronze) - Early Iron Age
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