27th of January

Thought i would put a post up this weekend about how things are slowly coming along, i have had a few break throughs in DD i want to talk about but first.

3DSP is all handed in and laid out, got to go in tommorow and sign it off then 3DSP is done.

One new edition you can see above.

This is a pair of power hammer tongs i made up, all hand made. I am so proud of these tongs, i got some bar and made them up in one day, just lke my scrolling plyers they work great. Moments like that make me think i can be a blacksmith.

As for DD i finished all my leaves and got them all center dot up ready for drilling tommorow, then putting them on Wednesday finishing Friday.

One breakthrough i did make is once i made up the leaves and saw the full and finished piece i decided agansit two critical things i spoke about before, one is texturing the side of the bar its just something about seeing them all together makes me want to keep them like this, with a smooth edge quality. I think it will look more like what i am trying to portray with a smooth edge than a rough one, something tells me a straight outline jut will look better. The other was about changing them dreastically from the others, there was something while making them that made me think maybe this simitrie with a slight change is what i really need to look at so i went back to the research and found this picture.

As you can see there isnt much differance in the leaves, but there is subtle changes thats what i want to portray so i made them all in the same change, when i put them on i am going to bend them differently t display the movement so i hope it comes off looking less rigid and samey.

DD is at the fore front of my mind and now i can see it coming together i am beginning to worry if i have made the right descions on the path to here, guess i will have to make it and be angry at myself for doing it wrong after.