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16. The top of the jig removed after inflation.
12. Silver-soldering the seam.
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35. Back to more heavy planishing.
19. On a domed stake, putting in some slight indentations to suggest eyes.
4. Forming the "ears" over the stake shown on the left.
30. Bending it around on the flat of my raising stake.
4. I have drawn lines where I want to cut the skin. This is going to be made in two parts.
10. Ready to anneal again.
15. Annealing again.
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. 
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