Keith
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Post by Keith on Apr 20, 2019 22:02:45 GMT -7
  Finally got round to cutting my unauthentic TOTW brass kettle down to an authenticated size & fitting the correct type of bail lugs for this type of trade kettle. I am pleased with the finished product, but I know I could have done a better job had I had the right tools. Keith. |
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Post by Black Hand on Apr 21, 2019 5:49:45 GMT -7
What did you use to roll the top edge and how did you go about it?
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Post by hawkeyes on Apr 21, 2019 7:01:12 GMT -7
Very nice, tin lined? I'd be curious to know how you rolled the edge as well. I have some ideas on how you may have went about it.
I have a small Wapatomica tin trade kettle based on a original excavated in a Shawnee Village in Logan County, OH. The Village dates between 1778 and 1786.
Is that kettle also spun brass? I've always been fond of that particular design but reluctant to purchase one due to size constraints. I'm a minimalist and my little three cup tin kettle has always served me very well from heating shaving water to tea and coffee!
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Keith
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Post by Keith on Apr 21, 2019 15:32:06 GMT -7
What did you use to roll the top edge and how did you ho about it? I had originally intended to video the process, but the battery gave out on the camera. Okay for still shots but not video. I used a variety of things to roll the edge, basically I started small using a wooden baton as a hammer. If I had a proper anvil it would have been so much easier & I could have made a better job of it. It is a matter of finding an edge you can bend it over, but as you start to work more of the rim, you need to find a more shaped "anvil" I started of with a piece of railway iron, but also use an old coal chisel which I had shaped the end on, & I also used a dolly used for car bodywork repair. Keith. |
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Keith
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Bushfire close but safe now. Getting some good rain.
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Post by Keith on Apr 21, 2019 15:38:10 GMT -7
Very nice, tin lined? I'd be curious to know how you rolled the edge as well. I have some ideas on how you may have went about it. I have a small Wapatomica tin trade kettle based on a original excavated in a Shawnee Village in Logan County, OH. The Village dates between 1778 and 1786. Is that kettle also spun brass? I've always been fond of that particular design but reluctant to purchase one due to size constraints. I'm a minimalist and my little three cup tin kettle has always served me very well from heating shaving water to tea and coffee! Yes I think it is spun brass mate, no seams. I would have liked to have used a tin kettle myself Hawkeyes, but I have been unable to find any documentation on size & shape for the early to mid 18th century. Small tin kettles are listed in trade lists, but that does not tell me enough. Keith. |
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Post by Black Hand on Apr 21, 2019 16:09:05 GMT -7
What did you use to roll the top edge and how did you ho about it? I had originally intended to video the process, but the battery gave out on the camera. Okay for still shots but not video. I used a variety of things to roll the edge, basically I started small using a wooden baton as a hammer. If I had a proper anvil it would have been so much easier & I could have made a better job of it. It is a matter of finding an edge you can bend it over, but as you start to work more of the rim, you need to find a more shaped "anvil" I started of with a piece of railway iron, but also use an old coal chisel which I had shaped the end on, & I also used a dolly used for car bodywork repair. Keith. Ted makes it look easy. |
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Post by straekat on Apr 22, 2019 15:23:29 GMT -7
Well done Keith! I be mucho impressed. Making a similar one is on the list of next winters things to do when stuck indoors.
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Post by Black Hand on Apr 22, 2019 15:34:05 GMT -7
For years, I've planned to replace the cast lugs on my spun-brass kettle (similar/same as Keith's) with proper Dog-ears. Not sure I will go as far as to cut it down - at least, not yet...but this does show it is possible.
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