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