chris fresh
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Hey guy's, Not sure if that's the proper name for what i need. Ive decided to build a copper hood for my kitchen,I've done copper work before with flashing and misc stuff,But want to go a way I'm not familiar with.Gonna build a 60'' copper hood. I talked to a local supplier and they have 12,16,and 20 oz in 3'x8' sheets. I have my design and plan on making a jig and templates out of poster board to maximize material and eliminate waste/drop.
Ideally I wanted smooth seems,But only way i figure is to TIG them,I mig all day,but have never done TIG and am not going to learn with 500 in copper sheet. I'm not a fan of raised seam for a hood. So I have decided to go another way.
My plan is this,Going to build a skeleton out of angle iron,Top and bottom frame, Then roll some flat stock for my curves to connect the upper to the lower. The idea is then to skin it with copper,Of course there will be other things included like the mounting points and allow an area for lighting,switches,ect.
My plan is have the seams fall of the flat stock,These seams with then be covered with a decorative strip of polished stainless.The idea here is to sandwich the copper between the flat stock and stainless and then use brass rivets.
I'm a big fan of tri colored metals. I am restoring a 60'' Vulcan double oven with 6 burners and a 24'' griddle. After all the important stuff is out of the way,I'm going to skin the doors with copper,replace the back panel behind the knobs with polished brass,And have the door handles sent out and re chromed.
So onto the question. I've looked on Ebay for rivets. I'm looking for something around 3/16th on the shaft and around a 3'8 or 1/2'' on the head. these will be centered on the 1" stainless. They seem fairly cheap from what i've seen.I'm looking for the tooling to, seat? the rivet. I plan on using an air hammer instead of hand hammering. I think I've heard the term bucking, but not sure. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I remember a while back a few guy's doing rivet work and really loved it,Just cant find those threads.
Ideally I wanted smooth seems,But only way i figure is to TIG them,I mig all day,but have never done TIG and am not going to learn with 500 in copper sheet. I'm not a fan of raised seam for a hood. So I have decided to go another way.
My plan is this,Going to build a skeleton out of angle iron,Top and bottom frame, Then roll some flat stock for my curves to connect the upper to the lower. The idea is then to skin it with copper,Of course there will be other things included like the mounting points and allow an area for lighting,switches,ect.
My plan is have the seams fall of the flat stock,These seams with then be covered with a decorative strip of polished stainless.The idea here is to sandwich the copper between the flat stock and stainless and then use brass rivets.
I'm a big fan of tri colored metals. I am restoring a 60'' Vulcan double oven with 6 burners and a 24'' griddle. After all the important stuff is out of the way,I'm going to skin the doors with copper,replace the back panel behind the knobs with polished brass,And have the door handles sent out and re chromed.
So onto the question. I've looked on Ebay for rivets. I'm looking for something around 3/16th on the shaft and around a 3'8 or 1/2'' on the head. these will be centered on the 1" stainless. They seem fairly cheap from what i've seen.I'm looking for the tooling to, seat? the rivet. I plan on using an air hammer instead of hand hammering. I think I've heard the term bucking, but not sure. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I remember a while back a few guy's doing rivet work and really loved it,Just cant find those threads.