Cutthroat Door Handles

[Lynn Gledhill]

I added a photo of the tail texture tooling. I don't have enough oomph in my press to get the detail I wanted in one shot in the 11 gauge material so I made a 1" square set tool, added some fences to the die and squished it a bit a a time.

Thanks for looking!

Nuge, did you texture just one side of the tail? I have just a 25# Little Giant and have tried making dies such as your fish tail die. Had little success Thanks for showing your work... Great job!!

[nuge]

Lynn - Only textured one side, but remember, there are two pieces of metal sandwiched together and edge welded. Getting a detailed impression with a hammer is tough unless you have a big 'un and can do single blows. With a press you tend to think of it more like stamping than texturing.

[Lynn Gledhill]

Thanks Nuge: I'm still learning... thanks for the lessons!!!
Lynn

[David Browne]

Those door pulls are really cool Nuge. A great example of the perfect technique for the job. Really fantastic finish as well. Sweet.

[Stretch]

Good job Nuge, I am going to have to try that some day. Looks good