Design Resource
Metal Crafts - Balakati, Orissa
Metal Craft Making
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Amulya S.
Tools and Raw Materials
Following are the tools and raw materials used for the process of metal craft:
• Hatudi: Hammers are used in beating the metal.
• Sandasi: Pincers are used in picking and holding the hot metal pieces.
• Ruha: File is used in smoothen the edges of the metal utensils.
• Lihini: Craper is used in scraping the metal utensil to even and level the surface.
• Kunda: Lathe is a rotatory machine equipped with a motor to generate constant motion for finishing a metal utensil.
• Badia Patkar/ - Akarmasila: Stone Platform is used for as a study surface for the easy process.
• Kala Pankha: Hand Crank Blower is used to blow air to the furnace which helps the coal get ignited and keeps the fire on.
• Koi: Crucibles made out of clay graphite which is used like a container while melting the metal with high temperatures.
• Dasta: Zinc is one of the alloy used in making brass metal.
• Tamba: Copper is one of the alloy used in making brass metal.
• Brass Wire Sponge: It is used for buffing the surface of the scraped metal utensil.
• Nihai: Anvil Stake is a strong stick used like a stand for denting of the metal.
• Rala/Alakatara: Tar is used like an adhesive to stick the metal utensil to a lathe.
