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Creation date / 2019 / Week 8
21. Annealing again.
17. Annealing.
16. Hammering on a wood block to even out the ripples.
20. A little more tweaking of the shape.
14. Pressing the form with the hydraulic press, on a polyurethane block.
13. Three of the blanks for the six segments of the lens bezel.
18. Forcing the form with hammer and a special jig.
19. Forming the rest of the way around on a steel tool.
15. Four of the pieces pressed.
22. Now the seam can be hammered closed, then silver-soldered.
23. Five segments ready to go. The sixth segment had to be shaped differently and is not shown here.
24. Three of the segments silver-soldered together.