Show J J m y I r Hum HumI I I I I f It 1 II M Mi 1 i t 1 u 4 r r I 1 1 i h x F ir I 0 1 I 0 0 M E T TA TAI A L 0 K t 1 I 0 1 I I j jI I FASH s r L LL 1 S a or r I I i IJ I t 1 t tN I I 1 I A Plate in Rc gesso of High Hi h Relief Other Pieces in Simple Line Engraving a t N l k I m tJ 1 i i V 1 I i ft 1 t ti I i 1 i I I 1 l L I j l p j f 1 i HEN the novice In metal meta work worl working work I ing Ins tastes tho joy jor Jo of I f WHEN actually constructing some ar lr artistic Ei 1111 M hit of or then 0 i from that tImo forward the nt at attraction I traction tr of the tha shop made ronde ar arI s I ii 1 t t for her er Is la forever gone Ione Then too i she begins to appreciate the value alue of oC be becoming becoming i coming comins more and more familiar with the J I 1 best beat methods employed by expert crafts craftsmen craftsmen men I I Ti 1 I I i m She will sec see new nen ne beauties beau lIes in hand handi i i i wrought and gold ohl and will delve II I 1 r II t I with all tho the strength of ot her new born bornI I enthusiasm Into the fascinating study of J tl I I it the e work rf r the ancient craftsmen and andi I f i will see sec e with what small and simple v l 11 equipment they turned out ont articles of oC rare I IIi Ii workmanship and exquisite design n Take i the rich silver sUver flagons a ons and other similar I ti e r J I vessels of olden Rome Homo and the tho ancient I Jewelry of Egypt E pt and Greece G cc each sped specimen I men of which has bas in n It enough o of Inspiration i I lIon don to carry even the more staid and I J j I unimaginative student Into an nn appreciation tion n of really good art a visit to tho Metropolitan Museum Mu Museum r I seum lOCum of oC Art in New York will prove i a n source of Immense assistance for sineI since sine I the time timo of oc the celebration C If I j I there has been on exhibition there one of or orI j I the bo he finest collections coll ons of hand wrought I 1 silver sliver of the Colonial and other periods r in the tho country Particularly Is this col eol collection II 1 t lection lc valuable to the th girl at nt the tho th begin bein beginning I t 1 ning of her ber novitiate for many of oC the thc t he heL I t 1 l I specimens e are aro precisely pr D 11 y the tho sort nort of thing thin S SE i 11 t E that the average aerne girl desires d es to make such E h as ns bowls porringers spoons ladles boxes bo es esI I t and nil all the tlc small silver stiver of the table tabla I 1 If I I dresser I I To start with there are arc several broad brond I ii I principles to remember in doing dowS metal metalwork I r tf If work Ono of the most important la Is that I F hammering on metal makes 1 tt I It hard and brittle so 60 that annealing at frequent Intervals la Is necessary ne Now this I t ns lIlI any OJ other operation in in metal work 1 r seems rather complicated to the novice I i I but It Is Le all un v very simple once one the tho process I Is known i I i To anneal mesas means to heat beat red hot bot and andI I Ii cool slowly ThIn This the motel soto so 80 soto t l i I to anneal a 0 silver piece picco on which the be beginner ber r f t ginner la Is working lay the th metal on a n red redI I E hot stove or hold bold in the tho flame of or a gas gasI I lamp until brought to the bright tempera temperature I tare ture Copper C may be heated until it turns II i a n bright red color but brass bros should never n er erbe be allowed to get beyond a n cherry red With silver heat hent to a dull glowing red redi i After annealing rinse riMe In water and dry I Dont get Iet frightened at nt the sort of ot tools tool II 1 i necessary n ry for far hammered silver sUver work 1 I I II They The are distinctly dJ masculine In that i i they are arc distinctly associated with the j I work Rork of DC men but when familiar with i them they seem quite as harmless andI and I I simple aa ae darning needle and bodkin A work bench is advisable though not notI I absolutely necessary as ns a heavy table tahle I Fancy Receptacle of Beaten E shelf or window ledge le e will do o but Lut as ns one I such as Is It used use in the We schools for manual training can cnn be Le bought for only G it i is wisest t to invest in It Is 19 especially con cou for Cor the convenience of f the th worker haying having n Il semicircular piece cut cat cutout out to allow tho tiro body bolly of o the craftsman lo to get Jet close to o her work worle while it is fitted fittell with a n vise rise ise and nn blowpipe both of oC which are arc constantly in demand MLLE will I get het my silver siller IB Is one oneo WHERE W of o the first questions asked by 6 the t beginner This cau can be Le bought nt at a u shop where metal workers worker tools are sold and It comes already rolled ro II ell for the tile con convenience cont convenience t of the worker in about thirty thirl different gauges or These vary nry from that of o ordinary or writ writing writing ing in paper to the thickest cardboard For Pur ordinary work such Bitch as aR bonbon boxes and small howls bowls a n 22 gauge is best Lest Silver changes Its price n with the of the market Just now it Is about ninety i cents an nn ounce while copper used for fori large bowls res and decorative e plates is sold at ut something like l kc twenty I five fit cents a n pound To work with there must be a n set st of o files round flat fInt and square several sin small ill hand haDd chisels a n draw plate pliers snarl snarling ing Ins iron several stakes to hammer the tho metal over oyer end and binding wire for or tying trl the late th work together when soldered A 0 sal said bag MJ wooden woo n block and pitch block on which to place the th metal while working on It lt are indispensable and borax ora crys crystals crystals crystals to form a flux In soldering No o doubt all this sounds like Greek to 10 the average a girl who ho has heretofore known only embroidery scissors stiletto and und needle but their use will be bc shown a n abit hit bit bi t later la ter on oa onA onA A girl sir should not attempt too elaborate I u a piece for a n beginner for or the simpler r piece well done and painstakingly ly orna ornamented ornamented mooted will form torm a n basis for nearly nil all the more complicated work to be Le at attempted attempted attempted tempted later ou on Bowls and an porringers and aud bonbon boxes are all things that thaI ap up appeal peal to the average girl s rl and nud the We method of making the tile first two and others of or orth their th ir ilk Hit are ure very similar r Say a n porringer is s selected aa as the initia initiatory tory piece to bo be constructed For this thill take sheet metal about 22 2 gauge aue and on OD It outline a circle which shall be Ll larger than thaD the vessels profile Within n this thin cir clr circle circle cle de mark wark with u a compass many smaller circles one w within the other graduating in size from the outer circle to one oue an inch in diameter r In the centre each encl circle being of an inch front from rom the tho m Ci let a aV r V V Copper Pot of Antique uc Design 2 Urt y it I lt Sheet Metal Powder Box Bay Mustard Pot with Perforated Silver Oxidized Oxidised Glass Holder t Silver Cover l rt I i d ao r Brass Match Receiver iver of Silver Wire and Silver Sheet Y Bonbon Box Bo with Perforated Cover T other ocher The beginner will find these lines linaS of inestimable help in hammer c g the tile for by b following each concentric circle in turn the I he work worl is bound to 0 be bemore bemore bemore more or less uniform Tf one of or the salient points M to be 00 considered in hammering h In is that whenever sheet metal is struck by bI the hammer the result is ig i that t tit it is either cither stretched or contracted contract d and the previously flat fiat surface becomes o tore more or less lest round roun according to tho the hummer hammer mans mons ability to direct the blows aright Continual C beating around in ill Increasing circles will cause the metal to become almost round Experience will tell when the tho desired shape Is secured To make mac the porringer el place the cir clr circular circular cular disc lc of metal over ocr a n wooden Lent bent benting beating ing block which has lias in the time centre a n cup shaped shape hollow With n a round headed mallet beat h at the metal until it resembles rc a shallow bowl Now ow turn the thc bowl owl over oer the end of or a n wooden woollen stake which shaped pimped like a n pair of horns is held firmly In III the tIte therise vise rise Ise A common poker held firmly to the floor Is sometimes used for a n stake Fol Following Following lowing the thc lines of the circles hammer tho the metal nil all around exhibits c n springy y feeling feeding f lin Now it is Ss time to anneal it A point that will help the lie beginner be is isto isto isto to remember In heating beating tho mho metal to hold the elbow close clo to the side and let the tho movement be from the wrist t tAfter After annealing and cooling turn the howl bowl and beat from the inside working from the centre out omit but hut stopping short of ot the brim hrim If the bowl howl gets gels els out of shape shapo during daring the process put it on the beating block and make it uniform I w r 1 4 4 i F 7 n Simple Designs in Hammered Once arain beat hent the tb metal from the 1 outside folio follo ing circles cirdes as UJ with Hh the Wt Ift ate howl bowl is i con being turned Q o finish the sur surface surface face it with n ahammer made lot for forthe the purpose over ocr a polishing stake also aNo constructed especially for this operation Ollera This leaves leu 1 the surface covered with wll h brilliant facets which reflect the light in inn inas m as n manner The handle of oC the le may bo ho bons boas as ns ornate as desired Tor or 01 this take a n apiece apiece piece of or thick metal a ii trifle longer 1011 cr than the design in mind and gradually hammer e ethe the silver out on the anvil until it av its a n fan fRn shared appearance n File away any cracks Hint th t may appear to prevent theta them from spreading Divide the lie liet f t i t shaped end into n a t number of long lone slender parts nn an odd number preferred Bend Lend these outward into half curves S unseal and ond cons bendin into some Rome ornate but hut symmetrical design n Lastly La II solder Bolder Bol er the divisions to lhor To 10 attach the handle to the porringer I broaden and flatten the opposite cud unil bend nt at angles to the handle lc and nn solder to the bowL bouL bouLTo To ro solder bolder is a simple process but Lut tor eer certain tain tin rules rule must be he observed ob ere Borax crys crystals cr crystals 8 ground up tip with water Iller are arc used IIse ns nil n a flux to assist in firmly the lh parts partA together The edges ell es of the lie metal to ie ll joined should be scraped ami painted pain led with n solution of the th A V camels hair brush hrush may mil be III used Tit Tie the parts parti together loether with binding wire Pick Piet Pickup Pit up lip small pieces of solder dip in nt borax hox bo bowater water and ami place at Intervals along flit joint Heat Illat in the limn flame u using Sh si heat Bent nt at first gradually a n hotter flam which none non of the time time lime should be he direct to 10 any a n other part purt of or the metal HI tal except th tb Joint When cooled the th metal to tt t be 11 cleansed from oxides must mast be bc dipped in 10 what is called ji a 1 pickle a mixture of u one line ne part hydrochloric acid and nud ten parts wilier water WO very er interesting and one very n TWO T curious Instrument are nrc used In metal metalworking working They aro are the snarling iron ron and draw rn w plate pIa t The former is III l u Z piece Illece of Iron one end Ind of which when hen geld nold in iu the vise Ite and struck by b n a hammer just above this point allows the other 0 o vi vl vibrate 1 irate brate gently By n this nd nil into inlo a n long Ion necked bottle or 01 other vessel which could not be hI reached by time the hammer any amount of oC hosting bossing can cau be lie obtained The draw rn plate pIa Ie is n a plate 1111 te of troll Iron pierced with ith a 11 series of holes of or n r h II sizes sixes through which Illch from the lt t to 10 the t the silver sil silver Pr I is drawn rown to tin till required tH thi ne neIf nest If o p smash mall j 1 bonbon b box Is the Resign design leli to bo Lu I bt the tho beginner nen Onn the rhe theof of him i is different nt and I something simpler r i ft t is certainly less le I work tiniest anima the ornamentation is k I very vetT 1 In this thin event eventa a trip strip of sh sheet ht lINn I the 11 length of r the circumference r net of cr the tbt box lox is cut ent nt and two circular pieces for foe top and bottom though the th piece for forthe the top lop must mist H be n a shade e larger thin the AI bottom in order ord r to slip over ocr the die box A narrow narrow strip of metal for Cor the bind of oft orl the th cover coer is also necessary nIC First snider I e ethe the body bod of o the th box according to the he r di dl directions I r r r 1 r i wi j r lv at aJ V V A Arp rp ti r t w wr r given ien for soldering add time tile bet ool tom tam arid nn complete tho thin top in fn the same wily 1 Of course the Ile matter r of oC ornamentation I s one II of favor fa tor sorts preferring the plain surface of the lie th metal Others re rc I 6 work iu in high or low relief chasing chasin ir tr engraving Without n a doubt the I he re w reou ou ouss sC Ci is most admired This moans Iu ish ih relief that the design 1 is out ont oin om the tho back nut not lI t driven rhen Jn n ii from theare the lire are and naturally this can only hi be tJ up to more or less 1188 Ont Oat surfaces where Ithe I the worker can eI hammer hummer out his hie design esl n I front from the th back t I Some sort of n 11 substance not too loo hard hardan I an anI I not too yielding Is III needed on to lay the work ork while treating trentin the design n f Pitch h offers the moderato mOll rato resistance rC u hest c liked This Thi can easily be lie prepared 1 rt at home or can be bought on ht at n place placa IT metal workers tools tool arc are sold tOM If mixed nt at n I home use r one of oC BonnY pitch and nn brick dust and if It this N is i loo too hard hu add mM a little linseed oil and fo rosin osin t tU L ESS the article i ir il too lane a rom rent rommon UNLESS U non mon Ewing pan flun may be lI used for tor to a n nitch pitch itch block Tour the mixture over m mIt t tit it to a n depth nf of o one inch and over oe this place the metal on which wh ch the design n Ins Las been applied with impression piper paper pressing it down dou well and drawing the Uw I cement coment up lip over ocr the edge edle with the ringer linger t tso so aa as to 10 hold It firmly when cooled To o prevent the pitch from rom suckle dip the fingers first in water With n hall ball headed tool and all mullet beat out the th dc deign en Ko before the pitch Ilitch lass his wholly cooled coole II To 10 remove when finished heat hent ht t the lie pitch and clean Jian d the tho work with petroleum If 1 low relief is ill desired then the pat pattern pattern pattern tern Is 19 brought brou ht Into luto relief by Ly beating down the background In Ju tho the case of a IL vessel which cannot bo La laid lal on un the pitch block it must mURt be filled fill d with pitch and till the work on a sandbag Nothing Is more moro effective c for Cor tho the tops tOilS of powder lr boxes or for trays of various descriptions than lIau t the perforated tell designs which entered en largely clI Into the tho old Ger Gor German GI r man work especially that done oue In Nuremberg berg herl In the case cuso of oe soft metal the de designs designs e ens signs ns can be cut from the sifter by using common shears or or 01 a n boys OS fretsaw If difficulty is experienced In III 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