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Here's the pic I mentioned of Peter Tommasini's traveling tool kit, taken at RockHillWill's during one of Peter's EW Classes.
According to Peter, these tools plus his stump and English Wheel are the equivalent to the only tools used to produce his Monaro Quarter Panel. They represent a very adequate starter kit.
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Steel rod
When Peter came to Dan Pates, he also had a 5/8" steel rod bent like a slapper. Easy to make and very useful.
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Got my stump loaded up and carved a dish in the top. Haven't tried using it yet, but we'll see how it goes. Picked up my stack of practice aluminum yesterday. Got a whole bunch of 3003 (1/16" thick) cut into 1'x1' and 1'x2' sections. Played around a bit with beating it on the sandbag, and played around a bit with annealing it. Satisfying to finally get started with some practice. I don't know how hard my aluminum was to start, but it was striking how much softer it got after the annealing. For the annealing, I used my little propane soldering torch (plumbing work type). It worked well enough, but I can see that it would take forever to do any sort of substantial sized piece. I think I need to get a propane weed burner to cover more area in a reasonable amount of time.
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Peter said he preferred having the dish in the stump fade on one end versus having a distinct bowl shape. Depending upon the hit, the far edge of the bowl can leave a witness mark on the metal which then requires more work to remove it.
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