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Title: Need advice for thin copper
Post by: gables on May 26, 2011, 11:45:00 AM

I am trying .01 copper for ferrulle spacers. I just keep mangling it because it bends so easily. Any advice for making my tang slot in this thin stuff without causing so many wrinkles and distortion?

Title: Re: Need advice for thin copper
Post by: jaymoon on May 26, 2011, 02:08:00 PM

Try to sandwich it in between two pieces of masonite, works for me. Moon

Title: Re: Need advice for thin copper
Post by: Lin Rhea on May 26, 2011, 02:58:00 PM

You might just go ahead and attach it to the inside of half your ferrule and work it from there. Super glue it tight. Cut it a over sized a little and trim off the part where you cut it and it's distorted AFTER it's glue together. Now it's part of the ferrule.

Title: Re: Need advice for thin copper
Post by: gables on May 26, 2011, 04:22:00 PM

Many thanks

Title: Re: Need advice for thin copper
Post by: OconeeDan on June 01, 2011, 09:20:00 AM

You can also place your thin stock on a piece of hardwood, make a cutting tool from a steel tube sharpened at one end, and whack it with a hammer.  If it curls up, you can press it flat again easily between flat wood scraps (hardwood floor scraps are very useful).
Dan