Good day:
I got some more work done on the helmet. I started making the top pieces, beginning by making a pattern out of tape, which I flattened, transferred to paper, and then to metal:
Then I cut them out:
I started dishing using a different hammer than I ever have before. Instead of using a ball peen as I usually do, I used a modified cross peen, which, although slightly large, worked a lot better. Here is the first section after the first pass:
And second pass:
And third/tweaking pass:
The hammer definitely worked. It took about half an hour to get to the above stage. I then made the second piece, and then tweaked the first to the same shape; that took a lot longer than the previous step. Then, I decided to cut the edges down (I did plan the pieces with extra), and tweaked some more. I think the first two are about the right shape now.
It's true what I said before: I did indeed curse out the pieces o' metal, for such reasons as the edges pinching my hand, not fitting, et cetera.
I plan to make the other two top pieces tomorrow. We'll see how much I curse then. Overall, the profile seems to be looking good. It's taller than I intended, but it doesn't seem to cause any problems.
Until then,
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