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- 22. Using a lining tool to make the edge of his hood around his face.
- 23. Defining his teeth.
- 24. Smoothing out the side of his face. There were many, many other chasing operations with many different tools; I have only shown a few here.
- 25. Using a tiny cross-peen hammer to make the hair texture of the beard.
- 26. Making the point of his hat curl to one side.
- 27. All done, except for polishing and patina.
- 28. The piece of wood I used was soft and crumbly, so I treated it with epoxy. Here I am pouring it on. I then used a brush to get every bit covered. The epoxy soaks into the soft porous wood and when it sets up, it's rock hard.
- 1. With a rough sketch to go by, I made this clay model.
- 2. The clay model was dipped in hot "Dip Seal" and pulled out.
- 3. The Dip Seal solidifies in a few seconds, and here the rubbery Dip Seal skin has been cut and removed.
- 4. Skipping over a couple steps, the Dip Seal skin was spread out on paper to make a pattern, which was traced onto 16 gauge brass sheet and cut out. Here you see the first step of forming, the head pushed out with a ball-end punch on the hydraulic press.
- 5. Moving the metal on the raising stake with the raising hammer.
- 6. What it looked like after the first stage of raising.
- 7. A little more forming on the bill, using the stake shown in the upper half of the picture.
- 8. The piece has been annealed, and now it's getting punched in the head for a second time.