Several weeks ago while hopping down the rabbit hole that is the interwebs, I came across a link for a youtube video on making your own sinusoidal forming stake. I've been wanting to tackle some more complex forming projects but lack the tools so I thought that this might be a nice project to see if it's a process that I gravitate to before investing hundreds of dollars on forming stakes that I may or may not use.
While you can build this with just a few simple woodworking tools, working in a well equipped wood shop does really help. I happened to be visiting my parents recently and my stepfather has a wonderful workshop that, with his supervision, made this project a breeze! We were able to crank this project out in about 2 hours.
Another bonus of this video is that if you follow her instructions and use a large enough piece of wood, you can actually make 2 identical stakes at the same time. Since they are wood and won't last forever pounding metal, you can keep one for later on! I actually gave my 2nd one to Staci as a gift at BeadFest.
I'm looking forward to sharing my experiments in forming with you! If you try this out, I'd love to see how you use it!
4 comments:
I Love mine. Put it right into my vice....even played just a little but so I could use my new hammer too. :) thank you for sharing with me....tools are the best gifts!!!
I shared a link to this video a few weeks back, she is a rock star for making this tutorial! I showed the one I made to my metal smith instructor and she said another option would be to make one using Delrin so it lasts longer. I'm looking forward to seeing what you create with it!
oooh, maybe YOU were the one who sent me down the rabbit hole Carol! I can't wait to use mine!
I made one using a plastic cutting board... works pretty well!
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