metalcraft
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metal toolmaking techniques
In hand tool: Metalworking
…certain amount of hammering (cold-working), copper becomes brittle, a condition that can be removed as often as necessary by heating the material and plunging it into cold water (quenching). The softening operation is known as annealing, and repeated annealings are necessary if much hammering is required for shaping.
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unheated metal shaping
In metallurgy: ProcessesThese are called cold working. Cold working hardens metal and makes the part stronger. However, there is a definite limit to the strain that can be put into a cold part before it cracks.
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