TwoSmiths
8 Grand Ave. Unit B N2K 1B3 Kitchener, ON, Canada

Peter Brown slid into a meditative place while planishing this copper bowl during the last Introductory Coppersmithing Workshop early October. One can get to understand a lot about a person by way of observing them perform a task you’ve done a thousand times. It has nothing to do with judging their skill, it’s really more about observing how people interact with the physical world, observe and adapt. #coppersmithing #coppersmithingworkshop #madeinkitchener #sheetmetalshaping

We had to forge and machine three different sized copper ferrules for the distiller. The rings were forged, prepped for welding, tig welded, sanded and then machined to fit the tri clamps. #distiller #machiningcopper #madeinkitchener #distillerie #cuivre #métier #coppersmithing #metalfabrication

Here's a short clip of Steve soldering the machined copper rings to the Lyne Arm.

Forming the Lyne Arm. This bit was tricky to do mainly because we had only just enough of the food grade copper left to make this piece. This one had to tran...sition from 3 diameter to 2 at an angle tighter than 90 degrees. John Smith Armstrong made up a wooden form for us which was super helpful! The outside corner needed to be stretched to bring the seams together. The two halves were tig welded together and then the ends had to be refined to fit the machines copper rings we also made. @beetredsmith Steve White came out of hiding to do the soldering. See more

A short clip of rough planishing the copper cone.

Shaping the Cone We laid out the cone and started forming it simply by hammering it with a rubber mallet over the edge of the welding bench. We then used ratche...t straps to pull it together. The joints were clamped using jubilee clips to hold the copper tight around a 3" diameter pipe so it could be tig welded. Using that same piece of stainless pipe as a hammering stake, the entire cone was roughly planished. See more