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- 24. The wax is out. After this there was a little more planishing and other odds and ends, polishing and applying patina.
- 23. Melting out the wax. The heat gun was going to take forever, so I got the torch, being very careful not to get it too hot.
- 20. Two tools I made for finishing the hair the points are offset, so they create a sloped surface.
- 18. Ready to start chasing the hair.
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- 21. using one of those tools mentioned in (20).
- 22. Almost all done with the hair. During this time I was also going over other parts of it, especially the face, doing more and more refining of the form.
- 15. Another stake, this one has been around a few years.
- 17. On the left, a rotary tool I made for the flexible shaft. As it revolves, each lobe acts like a little hammer, putting a hammer mark on the metal. This creates a nice texture reminiscent of snakeskin, in a very short time.
- 09. Very carefully sawing a slit for the mouth with a jeweler's saw.
- 16. Using the stake from (15) for planishing the tail.
- 20. The entire seam has been soldered and cleaned up, and now it's time for final planishing. I used the ball stake pictured at the top.
- 19. I used dapping punches for the rough chaising. The 16 gauge brass had too much resistance for my little chasing hammer, so I had to use something a lot heavier.
- 17. Another special stake (top) to get the bill curved a full 180° around.
- 17. I'm at about the halfway point time-wise here. I have filled it with microcrystalline wax. I did a lot of tweaking of the form with chasing and planishing tools between this picture and the next. I didn't feel I had the time to mess with the camera. I