@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ - +<br>If you're thinking of doing some art for yourself, then consider this: Think about all the different ways you can use the Iron Pipe/Stamping press and how you can imagine [https://www.castermetal.com/aluminum-casting-manufacturers/ a Boot Stamping on a human face forever]. I bet you'll be blown away by what you come up with. Here's just a thought.<br><br><br>Boot stamping is a way of stamping a design onto any flat or smooth surface. It usually consists of a flat/round object that's first moistened with sand (the 'boundary layer'), and then being forced into an 'overlay'. The resulting effect is an imprint of the design on the overlying surface, often with a raised edge. This has the advantage that the stamped design stays intact, whereas paint usually bubbles and wears away, and is harder to remove later on.<br><br><br>Let's take the perfect example of how it can be done using iron pipes - a long, narrow, tapered object placed into a circular depression. A straight edge can then be used to obtain the desired results. What you need are some carbon steel strips welded onto the end of the iron pipe and then fastened to the threaded portion of the iron pipe with a welding torch. The carbon steel strips are slotted in place, and when the pipe is hot it is gently heated by the welding torch, which melts the carbon steel into a sort of paste. This paste then spreads across the entire surface of the iron pipe, where it hardens into a hard, flat layer of material.<br><br><br>So the basic elements are carbon steel, an iron pipe and some molten wax. What do we have? A very simple but highly functional machine, and as long as you understand how it works, you can make some really interesting designs with it. This sort of sculpting is also highly useful in industries where there is a need for stamping - for instance, you can get some really cool looking company logos put on to shafts of iron that are destined for shipping.<br><br><br>Now this kind of thing can be done using copper or aluminum oxide pipes. That doesn't seem so hard, but when you apply heat to those types of pipes they tend to burn up a lot faster than the other two. So what is needed is some sort of an epoxy compound, which hardens as it cools. We need a way to put this compound onto the iron pipe, and since epoxy is a very popular substance for craft projects nowadays, this shouldn't be too hard.<br><br><br>One idea is to use liquid cement. This is a great idea because it can be put onto almost anything with ease, even the most unreformable objects! The other method involves dipping the bottom of the boot into the wax mixture and then working the upper half of the compound onto the iron pipe. This seems to be a more difficult way to get the boot stamping effect, but it does have the benefit of being much easier to remove once the effect has been applied. It also takes less time, despite the fact that the pipe needs to be left stationary for a longer period of time in order to get the effect right.<br>