Fumbling along...
The hardest part of my final project is done - the band that goes around the
bird cage. It was a proud moment when all the parts were soldered together
and the band gently tapped into a circle. As I slid the loops for the bars inside,
I realized that I had made a grievous error in using 1mm wire for the band. The 1.5
mm bars had too much spring and pushed too hard on the band. I popped them
back out and made new ones with 1mm wire. Sometimes metalworking requires
more math and physics than I can do or think of.
My holloware sample turned out ok, I really enjoyed punching out the copper
discs and hammering them into shape with the dapping block. There's a lot of
potential here for medallions and such. With the sample I could have filed the
edges for a better seam. But again, a lot of potential for interesting objects .
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