Like many home improvement projects, the beginning of this attractive copper-accented planter was rooted in an unsightly, outdated object that needed to be removed. An ugly lamppost in front of Christina Galvan’s home needed to be removed, but it was mounted in a large mass of concrete. For Christina, a structural engineer, a block of concrete was an opportunity, not an obstacle.
The most common places for damaging water leaks in residential construction occur where roof flashing is installed, and poor installation is most often the cause of failure. Flashings are the critical material that forms the barrier between the primary roofing material (asphalt shingles, ceramic tiles, etc.) and objects that don’t get covered by that material. Regardless of the roofing material, the critical areas with the highest potential for leaks are these transitional areas.
Tooling is a process used to create designs in thin sheets of relatively soft metals such as copper. This can be done by several methods including embossing, pressing or stamping objects into the metal, transferring by overlaying and rubbing, and using various tools to dent, pierce or and hammer a design or shape.
To kick off Metallic Moments, our series on metal working and fabricating, let’s take a look at one of the basic techniques in metal work – making square corners. Jim Koper is a master metal worker at Storm Copper and he has a passion for custom work that lets him exercise his creative nature.
Selecting the right thickness and flexibility of copper foil or copper sheeting for an art project is not difficult once you have some comparative information to go by. Listed below is a brief explanation of some of the cutting and forming characteristics of copper foil and copper sheeting to consider when determining the correct thickness of material for your requirements
In addition to copper’s antimicrobial properties, it is also an effective tool for controlling other bothersome pests such as mosquitoes and slugs. Making your own copper barriers is simple. Cut the copper sheeting into strips at least two or three inches wide and place them along the edge of your garden’s border, pressing the metal down approximately one inch into the soil. Just make sure you’ve removed all of the slugs from the area you are encircling, or you’ll be keeping the slugs inside instead of out.
By Chris Granger Imagine this: You’re about to build yourself a nice fence that’s about twenty-five posts long and you decide to both decorate and protect it from natural rotting with some copper post caps. However, when you go to the store, you realize that at five bucks a cap, this project suddenly skyrockets in [...]
Copper solves many challenging electrical problems, including a design flaw in several models of HP laptop computers. When the GPU overheats, the laptop fails. Copper’s ability to transfer heat proved to be the solution. Quick Ship Metals is in the business of providing fast service for their customer’s metal needs, and custom cutting, polishing and edge work is basic, everyday fair.
When shopping for copper or stainless steel sheeting, and flexibility is an issue, here’s a tip to help you understand and compare the thickness and flexibility of these metals. If you visualize items that are commonly found in your pocket or purse, it will help you to select the right thickness of metal for your project. For example, a piece of metal sheeting with a thickness of .010 is about the same thickness and flexibility as a Blockbuster membership card. A penny measures .050 and a quarter is .067.
