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We are forging 655 Silicon Bronze for an architectural project. In this video we go over the basics of how to forge bronze.
0:00 Heating bronze with a torch
0:45 Forging temperature of bronze
1:30 Necking down the stem of the leaf
3:13 Flattening the leaf
4:40 Hammering the vein texture into the leaf
5:52 Folding the leaf in half on the arbor press
6:55 Hammering the form
7:30 Shaping the stem
8:40 polishing tools for forging bronze
9:00 Finished bronze leaf
