How To Stamp Copper Sheet

Secure the blank in place with a piece of masking tape.

How to stamp copper sheet.

Be careful not to scratch the stamping blank when dragging the stamp. Hold the stamp flat and firmly in place before striking the stamp. You could experiment with the size of the copper sheet for a different look. Purchase a copper sheet appropriate to the specifications of your job.

This is actually a special video whe. I like to draw a design on the metal and use the stamp to create a dotted line. Get approximately 2 feet about 61 cm more copper sheeting than you need for the job. It will shrink with extensive hammering and you ll need the excess on the ends for hammering in nails.

Lightly drag stamp towards the corresponding mark on the guide until the stamp catches the edge of the guide. Place the tape across the copper blank so it is. Try making different size stamps to vary the diameter of the stamped dots. Make sure you ve got steel under the copper sheet either an anvil or a bench block so you don t dent the metal as you stamp it.

Once stamped the copper pieces can be used in necklaces earrings or bracelets. Here we have a simple project that involves metal strips and alphabet stamps. This video from potomac bead company demonstrates how to use metal stamps to stamp letters and words into pendants beads charms etc. Copper stamped cuff bracelets.

Copper is a common choice for embossing because it is malleable and not as expensive as other metals such as gold or silver. The process of embossing copper is the technique of creating designs in the metal through stamping piercing folding or hammering. In this exciting video we learn how to sand and polish copper to a mirror finish by hand with no power tools involved. Find links for suppli.

For a more stunning appearance you can add color to the stamped image to make the word or symbol stand out. Slightly tilt the stamp towards you while dragging the stamp towards the guide. The technique of embossing also is also called tooling or.