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27. The finished piece. -
26. Skipping to the finished piece, the last three segments have been fitted, and secured with one screw to the handle. -
25. Those three segments silver-soldered to the handle. -
24. Three of the segments silver-soldered together. -
23. Five segments ready to go. The sixth segment had to be shaped differently and is not shown here. -
22. Now the seam can be hammered closed, then silver-soldered. -
21. Annealing again. -
20. A little more tweaking of the shape. -
19. Forming the rest of the way around on a steel tool. -
18. Forcing the form with hammer and a special jig. -
17. Annealing. -
16. Hammering on a wood block to even out the ripples. -
15. Four of the pieces pressed. -
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.