10-25-2009, 02:52 PM
That's a wild idea- I'd have never thought a manufacturer would sell materials, and from 'How It's Made' I thought Sabien cast its cymbal blanks, so wouldn't have ever thought them a source of sheet...
I actually didn't use a raising hammer, although I can see how one would do the job- just my regular smithing hammer; it eliminated the need to planish all the lines a raising hammer can create- and the wood form over the domed metal one I believe assisted in that respect as well. Since the metal is soft and the shape being sought is fairly minimal (not raising a Norman helm or anything ), I wouldn't have thought raising would have been so useful- clearly it was since your piece is very nice Phil Funny though that Antonius is a biiiit too big for it LOL
I actually didn't use a raising hammer, although I can see how one would do the job- just my regular smithing hammer; it eliminated the need to planish all the lines a raising hammer can create- and the wood form over the domed metal one I believe assisted in that respect as well. Since the metal is soft and the shape being sought is fairly minimal (not raising a Norman helm or anything ), I wouldn't have thought raising would have been so useful- clearly it was since your piece is very nice Phil Funny though that Antonius is a biiiit too big for it LOL
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