SHEET METAL AND

TINSMITHRY
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HISTORY
Sheet metal fabrication can be traced back to Egyptian jewelry, using
natural metals and pre-historic techniques.

1401: People stopped using primordial furnaces to pile alternated layers

of iron and charcoal to liquefy steel.
1485: Leonardo da Vinci draws a sketch of rolling mill, which is very
advanced for the time.
Around 1501: There are to reports of two rolling mills. One is used to
obtain gold sheets with uniform thickness from which to draw coinds
while the other is used to cut previously formed sheets into strips.
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1590: da Vinci's rolling mill is brought to life utilizing two heavy cylinders
to press different types of metal altering their thickness.
Around 1606: The most failed technique of sheet metal is invented.
Puddling involves heating up the cast iron to liquefy material in
reverbration furnaces, but only used the flame, which results in an
insufficient amount of power.
1615: The first industrial plant produces lead and tin plates.
1682: A cold rolling mill is found in England.
1700: Russian engineers begin designing hydronics-based systems for
central heating.
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Around 1717: People can obain cast iron by using pit coal and then
compensating to the shortage of wood. It allows for more complex
shapes like rounds, squares, rails, and double-T beams.
1760: The industrial Revolution created a surge of sheet metal work.
With new inventions like the assembly line and press brakes, sheet
metal workers of the past can produce a higher quantity of parts and
projects.
1770: English industrialist Joseph Bramah develops the hydraulic press.
1783: Swiss engineer Jean Pierre Droz perfects the sheet metal process,
allowing the simultaneous production of obverse, reverse, and singing.
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1959: The General Union of Braziers and Sheet Metal Workers merges with
the National Society of Coppersmiths, Braziers, and Metal Workers, Renaming
itself the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Coppersmiths.
1960s: The Basic Oxygen Furnace process replaces the Bessemer.
1967: The National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Coppersmiths merges
with the Heating and Domestic Engineers' Union, renaming itself the National
Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic
Engineers.
1970: Air bending becomes a popular technique. It requires less force and
smaller tolls than traditional pressing.
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1851: The British Great Exposition shows a piece of sheet metal more
than 6-metre in length, 1-metre width, and 11-mm thickness that
weighs 500 kg.
1857: The Bessemer converter becomes the first inexpensive process
to mass produce steel from cast iron.
1861: The merger of multiple unions, including the General Tramping
Union of Tinplate Workers, creates the General Union of Braziers and
Sheet Metal Workers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
1885: Fayette Brown patents the first Blast Furnace Charger.
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1983: The National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths,

Heating and Domestic Engineers merges into the Technical,
Administrative, and Supervisory Section Section, a British trade union.
2011: The sheet metal industry grows exponentially. With 4,400 fab
shops in the United States, it's worth around $20.5 billion.
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The sheet metal industry has transformed over time from the sketch of
a genius to a billion dollar industry - and it's still evolving. The future of
sheet metal fabrication techniques, tools, and projects is exciting, and
we can't wait to be a part of it.
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TYPES OF SHEET METAL

Cold Rolled Steel

The process involves placing
the metal alloy between two
rollers, one on the top and the
other on the bottom, to deform
the metal into a thinner piece, or
sheet, than its original size.
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Hot Rolled Steel
It goes through the rolling
process at temperatures over
1400 degrees Gahrenheit or
higher.
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Mild Steel
The steel alloy in this
process contains less carbon than
other steel sheet metal.
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Aluminum
Aluminum is naturally soft,
manufacturers add elements such
as iron, copper, silicon or
magnesium to increase its
strength.
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Performed Sheet Metal

It consist of almost any type
of sheet metal from stainless steel
to bronze. It differs from typical
sheet metal because the
manufacturer has cut holes in the
metal.
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Uses of Sheet Metal:

Car Bodies from Sheet Metal
Airplanes with metal Wings
Metal Roofing Materials
Building Materials by a Mechanical Contractor
Decorative Calgary Sheet
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A tinsmith, sometimes known as a tinner, tinker, tinman, or
tinplate worker is a person who makes and repairs things made of tin
or other light metals. By extension it can also refer to the person who
deals in tinware, or tin plate. Tinsmith was a common occupation in
pre-industrial times.
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HISTORY
1630s: Tinswares were being produced in Londen, being known as
Crooked Lane Wares.
1720: The trinsmith has been plying his trade in America.
19th century: Trinsmith products became more widely available.
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Tools used for trinsmithry

Anvil - Metalworking tool

consisting of a large block of
metal, with a flattened top
surface, upon which another
object is struck.
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• Soldering Iron - It supplies heat
to melt solder so that it can flow
into the joint between to
workpieces.
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• Fire Pot - Is a container, usually
earthenwa, for carrying fire.
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• Planishing Hammers - A classic
metalworking tool with staying
power.
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Chasing Hammers - One flat face
for striking other tools or
planishing metal; one round face
for forming and riveting handdle
has a bulbous end and a narrow
neck for more bounce back and
less strain on the wrist.
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• Ball peen hammers - Also
known as a machinist's hammer,
is a type of peening hammer
used in metalworking.