On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:30:28 -0700, "Just Me" notreal at nowhere dot
com wrote:


"bmb" wrote in message
.. .
I need a custom item made, and am asking for help in how to identify
who could make it for me.

I would like what is essentially a stainless steel cigrette case. It
would be hinged on the end (rather than the side, like most of them),
and would be just large enough to hold a 3"x5" flip top memo pad in
the interior.

I have looked all over the net, and have not been able to find
anything in the right size or configuration.

Do I need to find a metalsmith, silversmith, machinest, or something
else? I am in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

BMB


Sounds like Abrasha is your man. http://www.abrasha.com/ He posts on this
forum too.
Lane




This would be an expensive item to have made one off. But you could
save yourself some money by making the two halves yourself and ahving
the thing finished. I bet the thickness of the sheet will be pretty
this to keep wieght down. If so, you can fashion out of a hard wood
like maple a pattern that is a copy of the inside contour. Clapm a
peice of SS to the block and use a another piece of maple to push the
SS sheet so that it formes itself to the block. Do this by hitting the
stick of wood while it rests against the sheet to be formed. Start on
the flat and move down around the edges and if done carefully by not
triying to bend the sheet all at once you shoud be able to form the SS
sheet so that it fits the form tightly. I've done this with copper,
aluminum, silver, and mild steel. Stainless Steel is harder than any
of these materials but depending on how far the metal is deformed you
shoud be able to get to fit the compound curves in the corners. That
is if the corners are indeed rounded.
ERS