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The only really decent pic I was able to get of the latest armour commission I have made.
Its another corazzina. Made up in aircraft aluminum this time.
The planishing process made the surfaces very slick and slippery- the duct tape would not stay stuck to the pieces while making the tape dummy. And every time I turned around, random bits would just fall off.
A process that normally can be done in well under an hour took over 7 hours to do.
I finally got the whole thing to stay together long enough to take a few hasty pics, and decided that was good enough.
So have a hasty, low quality pic of what turned out to be the most difficult version of a corazzina kit I have ever made.
No more aluminum.
If I ever make any more of these, they'll all be mild or stainless steel.
-Badger-
Its another corazzina. Made up in aircraft aluminum this time.
The planishing process made the surfaces very slick and slippery- the duct tape would not stay stuck to the pieces while making the tape dummy. And every time I turned around, random bits would just fall off.
A process that normally can be done in well under an hour took over 7 hours to do.
I finally got the whole thing to stay together long enough to take a few hasty pics, and decided that was good enough.
So have a hasty, low quality pic of what turned out to be the most difficult version of a corazzina kit I have ever made.
No more aluminum.
If I ever make any more of these, they'll all be mild or stainless steel.
-Badger-
Category All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 560 x 999px
File Size 400.4 kB
Planishing is the process of removing bulges and arks in sheet metal after dishing or bouging it out to form a rounded shape.
An English wheel is a tool that uses two steel wheels, above and below, to pinch metal run between them in order to flatten out the bulges, dimples and other irregular shapes and make a smooth, even surface.
It uses a screw gear to force the wheels together under spring tension.
In the process, the surface also gets flattened and stretched a bit.
This makes the surface very smooth and just a little polished.
On stainless or mild steel, this results in a surface thats just about ready to polish up on felt or cloth wheels.
On the aluminum, it wound up making a surface thats so smooth it almost feels oily.
I suspect its a property of the metal aluminum itself.
But it did result in a surface thats hard to hold onto with your bare hands and fingers.
-Badger-
An English wheel is a tool that uses two steel wheels, above and below, to pinch metal run between them in order to flatten out the bulges, dimples and other irregular shapes and make a smooth, even surface.
It uses a screw gear to force the wheels together under spring tension.
In the process, the surface also gets flattened and stretched a bit.
This makes the surface very smooth and just a little polished.
On stainless or mild steel, this results in a surface thats just about ready to polish up on felt or cloth wheels.
On the aluminum, it wound up making a surface thats so smooth it almost feels oily.
I suspect its a property of the metal aluminum itself.
But it did result in a surface thats hard to hold onto with your bare hands and fingers.
-Badger-
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