Sharing Knowledge , Wood is Good

Been working wood and copper smithing for a long while, keeps me busy and happy on my day off.
To some it may be just a pile of scraps and that is all well and good.
But as for me wood is good :slight_smile:

This wooden tool chest I crafted from an old water tank a good friend gave me.
I modeled it for my Son after his grandfathers kennedy tool chest..
Redwood , purple heart and copper.

Just thought some fly fishing craftsmen might be interested.



Shown above - Family Crest"
My Grandfathers Gold railroad pin
in front of a Purple Heart Stake with Thin Blue Line
Gathered between silver forged letters
mounted on a Granite and copper frame base…

Side note:
I perfected a known process to etch the copper to add lettering & patina .
Uses salt , standard black & white laser printer, with a touch of corn meal baked to a golden brown to
make dextrin.. The process involves baking and cooking the cornmeal to form a coating that is applied to
printer paper once dry you print the image or lettering to make a resist for the electro etching process.
Then Iron on the resist to the copper piece. Its take a while to get it just right , but worth it.
and the process is [u]much more friendly to work with over harsh chemicals used with other methods.


The black laser ink is attached with heat to stick to the copper forming an insulator ( a resist ) the
etching process now eats away at the copper leaving raised letters that will buffed afterwards.

Wow! Steve, that’s wonderful work! Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing

Hey Steve,
Quite the process. Great results. VERY nice work.

Mark

That is a treasure.

Rick

Simply GRAND!
…lee s.

I love woodworking, most of my projects not as complex as your chest. But, I have a scrap wood supply I have been able to access for the last could of years, matter of fact there is some cabinet grade 3/4" plywood lying under some heavy steel pieces that is breaking my heart. But I love turning scrap 2 x 6 into unicorn stick horses for little girls. I’m learning a little about carving with power tools, one of my next projects is a bream shaped picture frame for my old fishing buddy in Mississippi.