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Old 06-14-2019, 05:14 AM
Antoine_P Antoine_P is online now
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Thanks a lot guys!!
@Neil: well, they need to be re-upholstered but at least I got them

So, next update!

If you remember, I wanted to use my bead roller for the metal part in front of the tank but broke my wooden prototypes. After discussing with some "experts", I decided to try my luck with some hammer work

I built myself with some rest material the basic installation:




And it was time for a test part:


Turned up quite ok I think:




So I decided to start on my "real" part. Process is in several steps: hammering the basic shape, correcting it by hammering the contour and then planishing it using a rounded dolly behind. Here in pictures:









And then there were four beads:








Stay tuned for the next steps

Antoine
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