Best way to clean that copper after firing it is to take a bowl of vinegar, add salt to it until the salt will no longer dissolve, then place the copper in it for about 10 minutes... it will come out a shrimpy pink color.. all over.. no firescale
I like that iron ring you use to get the bowel shape. I carved a bowl shape in the end grain of a dry oak log with a diamond wood carving disc in my grinder. It worked well for an immature.
I just took a coppersmithing class and we made a bowl. The only thing different is that we used a ball pean hammer and we had to hammer the outside to smooth out all our hits. What kind of hammer did you use?
Beautiful! Have you ever tried to make a copper sink? I assume it would be more or less the same technique as this, just starting with a bigger piece of copper and hammering it to a greater depth.
Nice job. i was wondering if you had to do a second annealing while working on it. Was also thinking to plate it with silver on the inside would have been pretty.
Thanks! With a shallow bowl I only need to anneal it one time, and the bowl ends up nice and stiff when its done. Cool idea about the silver, ill look into that!
Thanks for watching! Most copper you find is in a hardened state and the heating and quenching 'anneals' the copper and making it soft and 10x easier to work with!
Thanks for the demo- I am a copper flame painter. I usually make jewelry and wall art, but I have really wanted to make some useful things, like bowls. You make it look like it is, but I know that it’s not easy to get a bowl nice , even and smooth. Is the doughnut shape piece of steel that you use when you start rounding the bowl specially made for this purpose or is it made for something else?
>>>>>>> But take care brother / friend! Copper and brass utensils should never be used with sour lemon tamrind vinegar curd etc . substances. Chemical process is harmful to the body if used for kitchen . For that one has to do a special coating. Similarly, copper and brass utensils should never be used for milk curd buttermilk etc. But you cannot use it with lemon tamrind vinegar curd etc and any other sour chemicals. Copper utensils cannot be used in the kitchen because the chemical process of lemon tamrind curd etc and + copper happens quickly, it is harmful for the body. In India, copper utensils are used only for drinking water and only for cooking plain rice. lemon vinegar tamrind curd Vinegar etc .used to clean copper utensils. same way Brass utensils are used for cooking but that also used after special coating for copper and brass pots. you can see youtube video available how coating inside done using chemicals in India, and that also you have to regularly coat as per your use , how many times you use that pots.
My only tiny criticism is that the title said "old pipes" (plural), and I was thinking I could use the standard heating pipes we use in the UK. It's not that hard to make a bowl from a massive piece of pipe because I did it at school. But what can I make from 15mm pipe lengths? Hmmm....
Best way to clean that copper after firing it is to take a bowl of vinegar, add salt to it until the salt will no longer dissolve, then place the copper in it for about 10 minutes... it will come out a shrimpy pink color.. all over.. no firescale
Awesome, I will have to try that out!
Hell yeah!
Learned that in Culinary School we used a paste of Vinegar and salt to clean all the Copper pans to a perfect shine!!
how much salt?
And if you don't have white vineger, you can use lemon juice.
Your working speed is incredible. It even looks like the video is sped up. :)
Im amazed at how round and smooth that is. This definitely helped improve my technique thank you 😊
Thank you! Just keep practicing and find your rhythm, I probably made about 50 bowls before this one
Thanks - NICE results! Love how you keep it simple.
I’ve done this before, but your process looks much easier than what I did. Thanks for sharing.
True ancient craftsmanship! Greetings from Costa Rica Wonderful work!
I like that iron ring you use to get the bowel shape. I carved a bowl shape in the end grain of a dry oak log with a diamond wood carving disc in my grinder. It worked well for an immature.
Very nice and incredibly done with bar tools and knowledge! Tip of the hat to ya!
I just took a coppersmithing class and we made a bowl. The only thing different is that we used a ball pean hammer and we had to hammer the outside to smooth out all our hits. What kind of hammer did you use?
Turning a three inch sewer line into a useable vessel.
In the mid 1980s I made a soup ladel out of aluminium using that exact method during metal work classes at secondary school.
Cheers Hogan and Happy New Year. You made that look very easy. Lovely bowl
Angle grinder with a flapper sanding disc works great while it’s flat, before you start beating on it !
Nice thing to do on a lazy afternoon
Beautiful! Have you ever tried to make a copper sink? I assume it would be more or less the same technique as this, just starting with a bigger piece of copper and hammering it to a greater depth.
that would look beautiful
Nice job. i was wondering if you had to do a second annealing while working on it.
Was also thinking to plate it with silver on the inside would have been pretty.
Thanks! With a shallow bowl I only need to anneal it one time, and the bowl ends up nice and stiff when its done. Cool idea about the silver, ill look into that!
Bro you’re way cooler than u think 🍻
1:44 This was so satisfying
I enjoyed that too.
that pipe is $4.50 per inch. as of now
That's amazing... I want to make one
Wonder how many folks have access to a scrap piece of 4” copper pipe?
I continue to be impressed.
Thanks for the video. What type of hammer is that? What is it made out of?
Its a tear drop body hammer from harbor freight. Its made of some kind of hard plastic
I’m new to copper. Why did you heat it and what did you quench it in? Looks amazing BTW
Thanks for watching! Most copper you find is in a hardened state and the heating and quenching 'anneals' the copper and making it soft and 10x easier to work with!
great tunes!
what type of blade did you use in the band saw for cutting the copper?
Awesome stuff. You really got some depth out the copper. Did you reheat it at all or was that all hammering?
Thank you! I only soften it the one time before I start forming. It gets work hardened so the finished bowl is pretty strong.
Quite inspirational!
Thanks for the demo- I am a copper flame painter. I usually make jewelry and wall art, but I have really wanted to make some useful things, like bowls. You make it look like it is, but I know that it’s not easy to get a bowl nice , even and smooth. Is the doughnut shape piece of steel that you use when you start rounding the bowl specially made for this purpose or is it made for something else?
Hello
Its looks like a ladle swage, some people uses a tree stump with a carved hole in it for the same purpose
LOVE this!!!!!!
good job
Do you create things for customers with a template?
One more question. Where can I get a circular anvil like the one you have? What’s the name of it? Thank you 🙏
It's called a swage. Blacksmith supply stores carry them.
nicely done. ❤
Very nice
Beautiful bowl!
Thank you Trey!
Is it safe to put food on it?
That anvil is awesomeness!!!
Fun video!
Super skill what will the weight of this plate
Can u please list the machines u used?
Where do you find copper pipe that thick? Looks like a gutter.
This was old drain/sewer pipe out of a school. Newer drain pipe seems to be quite a bit thinner
What diameter did you use
it is possible to cook in it?
Is there a way you could get the stain off the bottom?
Whats the change in diameter from cirkle to dome?
Nice!
I have so much copper
Neat, great re use of resource
Thank you!
So you sell these :)?
Wow, i must habe😎
>>>>>>> But take care brother / friend! Copper and brass utensils should never be used with sour lemon tamrind vinegar curd etc . substances. Chemical process is harmful to the body if used for kitchen . For that one has to do a special coating. Similarly, copper and brass utensils should never be used for milk curd buttermilk etc.
But you cannot use it with lemon tamrind vinegar curd etc and any other sour chemicals. Copper utensils cannot be used in the kitchen because the chemical process of lemon tamrind curd etc and + copper happens quickly, it is harmful for the body. In India, copper utensils are used only for drinking water and only for cooking plain rice. lemon vinegar tamrind curd Vinegar etc .used to clean copper utensils.
same way Brass utensils are used for cooking but that also used after special coating for copper and brass pots. you can see youtube video available how coating inside done using chemicals in India, and that also you have to regularly coat as per your use , how many times you use that pots.
Nice
That patina ! I’d have made sth else and keep the patina !
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Any concern from the solder or lead?
Nice he made that copper bowl out of a piece of turd pipe😄
Drain pipes are not made from copper
I wish I could swing a hammer that fast
I can swing my arm as fast as that……….but not when I’m hammering! 😂😂😂😂
Can you eat food off that now
I guess you could, its just copper and bees wax. However the finish wouldn't hold up well and it would get green and gross probably
You mean plate.
That beautiful old pipe 😩
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Brother its amazing ...and i can contect with us
Thank you!
My only tiny criticism is that the title said "old pipes" (plural), and I was thinking I could use the standard heating pipes we use in the UK. It's not that hard to make a bowl from a massive piece of pipe because I did it at school. But what can I make from 15mm pipe lengths?
Hmmm....
hmmm yeah thats true, it would be way more impressive with small pipes 😅
Shift knob diagrams🙂
Umm...it may be easier to turn what's in the pic into a smoking pipe than a bowl bro
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Don't eat off it lol 3"+ is always gonna be more than just soap scum in there
Im turned off by a bowl made from a old sewer pipe.
tools
Nice poop pipe bowl lol or a stink vent.
The way this guy heats pipe makes me want to be a climate activist😅
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