{"id":428,"date":"2016-05-04T21:16:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T02:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2020-11-07T20:45:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T02:45:31","slug":"making-steel-chasing-and-repousse-punches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Making Steel Chasing and Repouss\u00e9 Punches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tool steel bar stock and drill rod<\/strong> cut to size and ready to be annealed, ground and filed into shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-steel_bar_stock.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-steel_bar_stock.jpg 890w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-steel_bar_stock-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-steel_bar_stock-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Tool steel bar stock and drill rod<\/strong> cut to length for stamps and punches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I usually buy the W1 tool steel stock in 3-foot lengths from an outfit in Texas, but have used old bolts, broken files, screwdrivers and other sources of tool steel to make stamps out of in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1011\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_shaping.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_shaping.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_shaping-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_shaping-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Chasing and repouss\u00e9 punches<\/strong> being formed for use in various tasks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some chasing and repouss\u00e9 tools in the process of their making. After annealing if  needed, the steel can be easily shaped as desired. I guess I really should say the steel can be shaped &#8220;more easily,&#8221; as elbow grease is always in short supply it seems, and the shaping process is definitely not a quick process at all if you want it done right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_final-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_final-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_final-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_final-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tools-chasing-repousse_final.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Chasing and repouss\u00e9 punches<\/strong> ready for hardening and tempering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above are the finished chasing and repouss\u00e9 punches after their forming has been completed and are now ready for the hardening, tempering and re-polishing stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tool faces need to finely finished and polished, otherwise every micro-scratch or defect left on the face of the punch will be diligently transferred to the piece you&#8217;re working on with every blow of the hammer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tool steel bar stock and drill rod cut to size and ready to be annealed, ground and filed into shape. I usually buy the W1 tool steel stock in 3-foot lengths from an outfit in Texas, but have used old bolts, broken files, screwdrivers and other sources of tool steel to make stamps out of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making Steel Chasing and Repouss\u00e9 Punches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}