A coppersmith, also known as a redsmith, is a person who makes artifacts from copper. The term redsmith comes from the color of copper.

Examples of objects made by modern coppersmiths include jewelry, sculptures, plates and cookware, jugs, vases, trays, frames, rose bowls, cigarette casees, tobacco jars, overmantels, fenders, decorative panels, and challenge shields, tea and coffee pots, awnings, light fixtures, fountains, range hoods, cupolas, and stills.

Copper is generally considered to be a soft metal, meaning it can be worked without heating. Over a period of working the metal in this way it can 'work harden'. This means that the molecules within the copper are compressed and irregular in their arrangement. This causes stress in the metal and eventually cracking the metal along these stress points. In order for the copper to be worked to any extensive degree it must be annealed. This process involves heating the metal and then rapidly cooling it in water. The cooling stage is known as quenching. By heating the copper, the molecules in the metal are relaxed, and able to align themselves in a more uniform fashion. This allows for easier shaping of the metal. In order to keep this uniformity within the metal, it is cooled instantly. This prevents the molecules from moving around and causing tension in the structure of the metal. Unlike ferrous metals—which must be cooled slowly to anneal—copper can be cooled slowly in air or quickly by quenching in water.

This library includes seventeen {17} vintage How-to books.

Books Include:

:: American Engravers Upon Copper And Steel

:: Analysis Of The Sintering Force In Copper

:: Art Of Coppersmithing A Practical Treatise On Working Sheet

:: Copper Refining 1921

:: Copper Work 1909

:: Copper work, a text book for teachers and students in the manual arts (1906)

:: Hydro-Electrolytic Treatment Of Copper Ores

:: Metallurgy Of Copper

:: Mexican Copper Tools

:: Modern Copper Smelting

:: Modern Electrolytic Copper Refining

:: Russian hand-beaten copper (1900)

:: Scientific Methods Of Tempering Steel

:: Text book of Copper work for teachers and students in the manual arts (1908)

:: The Analysis Of Copper And Its Ores And Alloys

:: The Hydrometallurgy Of Copper

:: The lnfluence of Copper on the Rate of Solution of Iron in Acids

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