Parm
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ive put it in this section as its a tool, a tool for my kitchen instead of the workshop
Firstly the frying pan, I rescued it from a scrappy earlier in the year, I'd been watching it for ages then one day did the deed. It had been sat outside for a long time and it was very rusty and a bit pitted. I've cleaned it up good although it has some small pitting inside. I did think about filling it in with dabs of mig or braze then grinding flat but it's now properly seasoned and works a treat so ive left it as is.
Now when using I thought it would be good if it had a lid, cutting a round disc would have been simple and easy but I wanted a challenge, ive got some 2mm thick copper sheet and did toy with the idea of beating a lid on a sand bag or dolly. Was still toying with this when yesterday I came across the bottom of a copper cylinder in the junk pile........... Fastforward to today.
I made a card template of the inside diameter of the pan, cleaned the green oxidation of the copper with a flex strip it disc, hand sanded with some 400, then t cut the whole lot with hand buffer then polished up with lambs wool bonet and metal polish.
Drew round my template placed inside the copper dish and cut out with my tin snips (had my first go at using my Wiss Snips - they realy are very good). Polished up cut edges with an assortment of scotch pads and wheels rotating in my wood lathe.
Made the handle from some copper lightening strip I had and polished up as above.
Then for the rivets, I wanted copper but didn't have any. Parts bin to the rescue, I had a few copper soldering iron tips that ive picked up from somewhere but had no use for them until today. Drilled holes in the handle and made a small countersink on the face you can see. Insert rivet and peened it flat into the countersink then turned it over and peened it into a mushroom shape on the under side of the lid.
I'm quite proud of my creation today
Firstly the frying pan, I rescued it from a scrappy earlier in the year, I'd been watching it for ages then one day did the deed. It had been sat outside for a long time and it was very rusty and a bit pitted. I've cleaned it up good although it has some small pitting inside. I did think about filling it in with dabs of mig or braze then grinding flat but it's now properly seasoned and works a treat so ive left it as is.
Now when using I thought it would be good if it had a lid, cutting a round disc would have been simple and easy but I wanted a challenge, ive got some 2mm thick copper sheet and did toy with the idea of beating a lid on a sand bag or dolly. Was still toying with this when yesterday I came across the bottom of a copper cylinder in the junk pile........... Fastforward to today.
I made a card template of the inside diameter of the pan, cleaned the green oxidation of the copper with a flex strip it disc, hand sanded with some 400, then t cut the whole lot with hand buffer then polished up with lambs wool bonet and metal polish.
Drew round my template placed inside the copper dish and cut out with my tin snips (had my first go at using my Wiss Snips - they realy are very good). Polished up cut edges with an assortment of scotch pads and wheels rotating in my wood lathe.
Made the handle from some copper lightening strip I had and polished up as above.
Then for the rivets, I wanted copper but didn't have any. Parts bin to the rescue, I had a few copper soldering iron tips that ive picked up from somewhere but had no use for them until today. Drilled holes in the handle and made a small countersink on the face you can see. Insert rivet and peened it flat into the countersink then turned it over and peened it into a mushroom shape on the under side of the lid.
I'm quite proud of my creation today
