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Crazylemon New user 2 Posts |
Hi
I'm trying to find sonewhere in the UK either shop or online where I can buy suitable Forks for metal bending. I did use to buy them from Asda and Tesco's but there suppliers must have changed and they are no longer useable. Any info would be welcome. Thanks |
phillsmiff Inner circle UK 1794 Posts |
Wilkinsons is my source, their forks are practically made of lead leaf.
Phill
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Glossolalia New user 61 Posts |
Oneida or Viners forks are perfect. Like putty once you stress them in a very hot oven (at least 250 deg c for about an hour and a half, then *carefully* plunge into ice cold water). You might need to clean then up a little when cooled, using very fine sanding paper/wire wool. The downside is that the process sometimes fails if you don't cool them rapidly enough (and repeating doesn't work), the staining is sometimes impossible to remove, and it is expensive (at about 5 quid a fork, when 2 out of 5 fail it's not cheap), however the advantage is that you have some *very* chunky looking cutlery.
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Drewmcadam Inner circle Scotland 1239 Posts |
I get the Kelso range from Nisbets. Used to use ASDA, too (they supplied me with 150 each month - spoonsership!) The Kelso range ain't great, but uit's the best I've found yet. For bigger spoons, the Sunnex range is pretty good.
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The Mental Lentil Regular user 125 Posts |
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On 2007-09-03 14:28, Glossolalia wrote: Heat treating in this manner makes them incredibly brittle as you are changing the metal to a martensitic form. To make them more malleable, it is better to cool it slowly in vermiculite to create a pearlitic crystalline structure. I, however, doubt that your process does much to the cutlery because a) it you are only heating the metal to 250 deg C and b) the metal is stainless steel with a low carbon content and added chromium which makes it difficult to change its crystalline structure unless you heat the steel to over 750 deg C.
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Silvertongue Inner circle One day I will die leaving behind 2426 Posts |
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Crazylemon New user 2 Posts |
All great suggestions ill look into them thank you very much ))
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teejay Inner circle Liverpool, UK 1831 Posts |
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On 2007-09-03 14:28, Glossolalia wrote: Oneida or Viners forks are perfect. Like putty once you stress them in a very hot oven (at least 250 deg c for about an hour and a half, then *carefully* plunge into ice cold water). You might need to clean then up a little when cooled, using very fine sanding paper/wire wool. The downside is that the process sometimes fails if you don't cool them rapidly enough (and repeating doesn't work), the staining is sometimes impossible to remove, and it is expensive (at about 5 quid a fork, when 2 out of 5 fail it's not cheap), however the advantage is that you have some *very* chunky looking cutlery. "Heat treating in this manner makes them incredibly brittle as you are changing th metal to a martensitic form. To make them more malleable, it is better to cool it slowly in vermiculite to create a pearlitic crystalline structure. I, however, doubt that your process does much to the cutlery because a) it you are only heating the metal to 250 deg C and b) the metal is stainless steel with a low carbon content and added chromium which makes it difficult to change its crystalline structure unless you heat the steel to over 750 deg C." YIKES!!! This is a good way to stop Crazylemon posting TJ :) |
kinesis Inner circle Scotland, surrounded by 2708 Posts |
I use spoons from IKEA they look so solid but bending is a breeze.
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dave_matkin Inner circle 4522 Posts |
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On 2007-09-03 16:05, Drewmcadam wrote Drew you git ... thgat was so funny I sprayed tea oll over my keyboard and screen! |
Freddyshark New user 13 Posts |
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On 2007-09-03 12:44, phillsmiff wrote: Wilkinson just like Asda have just changed the type of forks they sell. I used to get mine from there to use for the "liquid metal" routine. I don't have a source for forks right now to use for Liquid Metal. I had a look at the kelso range on the nisbets website but I don't think they will work well. |
Freddyshark New user 13 Posts |
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On 2007-09-03 12:44, phillsmiff wrote: Wilkinson just like Asda have just changed the type of forks they sell. I used to get mine from there to use for the "liquid metal" routine. I don't have a source for forks right now to use for Liquid Metal. I had a look at the kelso range on the nisbets website but I don't think they will work well. |
Freddyshark New user 13 Posts |
Has anyone found suitable forks for metal bending?
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docsteve Inner circle 1831 Posts |
I've used the cheapest set from Argos before and some basic 'Value' ones from Tesco; the Argos ones tend not to Fat**** F******* so well - kind of all or nothing, but great for the more outlandish striebler like bends you refer to Freddy.
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