Daniel Cowin is a custom coppersmith and he and his team have an extensive knowledge and history in copper fabrication, working in the old world style fabrication to provide high quality residential and commercial copper work to their customers.
We recently joined him on a residential roofing job on a historic 100 yr old home in Kearney, Nebraska. The job included installing copper shingles on a flat roof section and more to the archway above the front entrance. For this job Daniel has brought along his 28 ft trailer furnished almost exclusively with Roper Whitney equipment which allows him to fabricate most of his custom parts directly on the job site.
Overview of Daniels “mobile shop” which includes all of the tools and material he will need for this particular job
A view of residence before copper enhancements
A closer look at some of the tools and materials inside the trailer, a No. 125 Bench Shear and 20 oz. copper coil
No. 541 90° Hand Notcher & No. 793 Hand Seamers
No. 5 Jr Hand Punch, No. 0581 Combination Rotary Machine, Eckod HZ 52 Portable Shrinker/Stretcher Pliers
4-in-1 Multi-Tool
Pre-fabricated copper shingles (formed on a No. 63 Bar Folder back at the shop)
Shearing and bending trim pieces for the flat roof section
Installation of the copper trim pieces
Finished copper trim
Copper shingles installation
Finished copper shingles
Finished copper shingles
Finished copper radius drip edge piece
Radius pieces installed
Finished archway
Finished archway
