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Demonstration Videos
How is it made? Our work is largely done by hand, one piece at a time. Watch a video to learn about the process...
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This is the first step in making the teapot body, a 'breakdown' chuck is used to make the first 'draw' of the part.
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In this step, the breakdown shell formed in the first operation is spun rest of the way on the finishing chuck.
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from a flat blank the torch body begins to take shape as it is spun
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The shell has residual stresses after 1st metal spinning operation, annealing relieves the shell of any work hardening leaving it in a soft state.
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after annealing the torch body is spun up the rest of the way and trimmed
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the flange is layed down and trimmed and the surface of the entire torch body is burnished with a flat duckbill tool
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