How Mokume Stripes Are Made
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Sheets of brass, copper, nickel silver and bronze are bolted together between steel plates. This is then heated to just below the melting temperature. |
The fused block of metal is removed from the clamp plates and the billet is hot forged to enhance the bond in a 1914 vintage Bradley Power Hammer. |
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To make stripes the billet is sawed into slabs on a metal cutting band saw. |
A rolling mill is used to draw the metal into thin even strips. |
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