Brothers in Smithing - Monthly Metal Challenge
What happens when a blacksmith is best friends with a tinsmith?
Andrew Cirtwill of Deer Run Forge and Kipling Campbell of Tapley Tinsmith challenge each other every month to make something great out of metal. We talked about our projects, lessons learned, and other things that come up.
Episodes
14 episodes
Recycled Copper Challenge
This month's Challenge is to create a candle holder for a pile of old copper pipe.Andrew created a feather candle stand with shiny feathers behind to reflect light and Kipling made a hinged tea light holder that all folds up to...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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50:36
Season One Rundown
This time we recap our first season of podcasting.Our favorite challenges and the challenges we might want to forget. Hear more detail about the challenges by the numbers.We also get into a little bit more o...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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32:37
Geo-Critter Clash
This month's Challenge is an original animal created by mashing up two or more other animals.This challenge was inspired by a high school assignment and the fun had following March Mammal Madness (linked below). Andrew cr...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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51:39
"Wild City" Contest
This month's Challenge is an art piece inspired by the term “Wild City”.This challenge stands out as just an art piece, when most of our creations have some type of function these purposes are just art. Andrew made a city...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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53:00
Monopoly Match Up
This month's Challenge is an original cast copper Monopoly piece.We both had issues learning the new skills needed to create successful castings from melted copper. In the end Kipling made a sleigh a rustic Aladdin lamp a...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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50:05
Sleigh Skirmish
This month's Challenge is a sleigh shaped candy dish.Kipling made a sleigh with a great tufted pillow seat out of copper and aluminum and Andrew made a sleigh from steel and struggled to find the inspiration on this project.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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53:18
Miniature Shop Showdown!
This month's Challenge is a Miniature Christmas Village house.Kipling made a tinsmith shop out of copper and Andrew made a steel blacksmith shop (because of course he did.) These are meant to be added to a miniature Chris...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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49:53
Chess Challenge
This month's Challenge is a chess set.Kipling made a set of different flowers out of copper and Andrew made steel gnomes. Kipling is a better chess player but can he make a better set of pieces? We have been making ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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50:09
The Trivet Tussel
This month's Challenge is a Trivet.Kipling made a brass celtic knot and Andrew made a steel pineapple. Yes they both work as trivets or hot plates.As per usual we talk about some esoteric eggels and share ou...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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56:37
Animal Brooch Battle
This month's Challenge is a Animal Brooch . It had to be an animal we had not made before, and it had to be small enough to be worn as a brooch.Kipling used copper and epoxy to make a loon brooch. While Andrew made ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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52:30
Metal Plant Match
This month's Challenge is a Metal House Plant .Kipling made a copper money plant from scrap copper cutoffs using a broken texturing die and Andrew made a steel Venus Flytrap with multiple heads and sharp pokey bits.. <...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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49:15
Bird Bookend Brawl
This month's Challenge is a Bird Bookend.Kipling made a brass and cooper woodpecker with fancy cutouts and Andrew made a humming bird with small flowers on a heavy metal base. As now tradition we talk about our shop woes an...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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51:50