Dear ladies and gentlemen:

This is your old friend, Admiral J. Wilhelm again. I shamelessly intervene in your daily social ( Read more... )

Hello Ladies and Gents! Long time lurker, first time poster here.

Anyway so I suppose this would go under the accessories section if we were so organized. But it regards the sweet little beauty you see below, I picked it up while having fun running through Ikea where you can always find neat little things. It was about $5 so I couldnt say no, I ( Read more... )

Steampunk fashion and art is full of brass, copper, and iron. All fantastic and beautiful metals, but there is an often overlooked material that is attractive, period appropriate and has an interesting history.

Aluminum is a readily occurring element on earth, though it is mostly found in the form of oxides and silicates. It was not named until 1807 ( Read more... )

I don't know much about metalworking or corset making, and I'd like to get something made by someone who knows what they're doing ( Read more... )

I was trying to help someone find some source of electroplating supplies and found this online vendor of amazing DIY electroplating kits. Of particular interest to me was their brush on plating system: http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htmRead more... )

Seeing so much great metalwork in the steampunk genre's got me all sweaty for making some of my own. I'm running into a design impasse, questioning how to reconcile my taste for the steampunk aesthetic with a general distaste for ornament for ornament's sake. Sorry, conceptual metalsmith. It's how they grew me. Any metalsmiths or jewelers who ( Read more... )

Another quick tech question for the assembly:  What kind of solder do people use for their metal props?  Silver jewelry solder, or regular pipe solder/brazing rods?

I have ideas...such ideas I have...and I'd love to get one made and up so I can stop being lame and only posting text.  :)