[TheForge] Metal working problem...again

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

That might work Jerry...thanks! If i muff this i'll try that to salvage it.

Jerry Frost wrote:
> So form the eyes separately and weld them on from 
> behind later.
> 
> You have a tig welder now. . . Remember?
> 
> Frosty
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> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
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> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" 
> <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> 
> 
> 
>> Unfortunately, it mashes across the high points and 
>> i'd have to try to
>> grind them off which would take way too long Andy. 
>> Good idea though.
>> The most problematical one will be the cuttlefish 
>> buckle for a marine
>> bio guy. They have really raised bulging eyes right 
>> next to the delicate
>> tentacles. Sweating that one. Thinking about wrapping 
>> the tentacles in
>> wet rags before spot heating with the torch. Then 
>> working over soaked
>> wood with holes drilled to sink the eyes into. It's 
>> so easy to blow a
>> piece right at the end! I'm good at that.
>>
> 
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