. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. IS fairly large. Cut out a circle thediameter of which is a little largerthan the contour of the cup. Takethe compasses and lightly scratch on oneside of the sheet a series of concentriccircles, the smallest about an inch indiameter, increasing the radius of thesucceeding circles by ^ inches. Thesecircles are to guide the hammer take a round-headed boxwood mallet HammerWork. Fig. 12. and beat the metal into a rough cupshape by beating it into a cup-shapedhollow m a wooden beating-block. Thisroug
. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. IS fairly large. Cut out a circle thediameter of which is a little largerthan the contour of the cup. Takethe compasses and lightly scratch on oneside of the sheet a series of concentriccircles, the smallest about an inch indiameter, increasing the radius of thesucceeding circles by ^ inches. Thesecircles are to guide the hammer take a round-headed boxwood mallet HammerWork. Fig. 12. and beat the metal into a rough cupshape by beating it into a cup-shapedhollow m a wooden beating-block. Thisrough cup or shallow bowl must nowbe hammered into shape with a hammershaped as in fig. 12 on a stake shapedas m fig. 13. Then begin on the insideand with the round-faced hammer, andkeeping the elbow close to the side, beat 53 Hammer round ill circles, using the hammer fromWork the wrist and not from the elbow. Re-peat this, taking care to keep the blowsin concentric circles and to work regu-larly untilthe metal begins to take shapeand to feel springy. Then anneal it,and, still using the same stake, beat onthe outside from the innermost circle out-ward, taking care to leave the thickness
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