In article , SteveB
wrote:

I want to make some hinges and stuff that look old, but are not. Could I
take chisels and the round end of a ball peen hammer, and other striking
devices and make marks on the metal cold, or should I heat and soften it
first?

Steve

I used to distress wood furniture by whacking it with 2 or 3-foot
lengths of heavy iron chain. Gives nice random dimples. Would this work
on small metal parts, maybe if you duct-taped them to an old sheet of
plywood first?

-Frank

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