Part 1 - Making The 'Formers'
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The nearly completed Inside
former. It's had a couple of coats of PVA to
seal it, and has now been painted a Matt Black.
Underneath there are 3/4" supports which deliberately
'raise' the Former
above a Base of some sort.
( Please excuse the blotchy
pictures - Dust in the atmosphere.)
It's now time to wrap
the edge of the Former with some sort of Metal.....
In this case I've used a 3" (75mm)
x X 0.5mm mild steel sheet that has been
sprayed. It is very flexible and can be wrapped around the outside of the Former
quite easily with a 'wedge' and a 'Cam
clamp' here and there.
It's easiest to flip the Former
over before this is attempted - as above.
The 0.5 mm mild
steel can be glued fairly easily to the chipboard Former
with some form of 'Contact Adhesive'.
With the careful use of a few blocks and the
ever-present Cam Clamps, the Metal
can be gently bent around
the former and glued
quite successfully.
You can now see how handy the holes in the Former have now become..... The Clamps work really well for this task as they will for the Case itself - hopefully.
Carrying on up the 'neck' of the Former.
This is the Inside Former finished..... ready to make a set of case ribs.
The next Stage is to make
the Outside Former.....
I'll continue this as soon as I can on Page 5.
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