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The finished piece. -
1. Starting with an 8.5 inch 16 gauge brass circle, annealed. -
2. Radial crimps get the raising process started. -
3. The High places have been hammered down to make an even surface. Sorry I didn't get a picture of the hammering. -
4. Annealed again,something that is done after every stage of forming, to make the metal malleable again. -
5. I took pictures of the second stage of raising to show the progress. -
6. Second stage of raising done, ready to anneal again. -
7. Third stage of raising complete. -
8. Fourth stage of raising complete. -
9. Using the special back part of the raising stake to achieve the ninety degree bend that forms the flange at the bottom. -
10. This dog had one ear that stood up and one that flopped over. Here I'm using the hydraulic press to start pushing out the one ear. -
11. Here the other ear has also been pushe out using a different tool. -
12. Annealing again. -
13. Pushing out the right ear again a couple more times. Annealing that area between steps. This had to be done several times. To try to do it all at once would very likely split the metal open. -
14. Doing some forming on a sand bag, pushing the metal out from the inside.