harmonica
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..I used to work at a machine shop as a sheet metal fabricator .....I ran a punch press that cut the metal and a brake press that formed it ....I had ''simple''drawing'' programming on the system.....the machinist welded and ran the lathes/etc...so together, we made and fixed all kinds of stuff for ourselves/homes/etc
.....the sword is drawn on the PC and then tools assigned to cut it...then the code sent to the machine to cut..then I formed the bends on the brake press
....the most time consuming thing was polishing the metal with a small grinding tool with 3 or 4 different grits...the metal is originally not shiny, but has a grain
.....the grip and guards are fairly easy to bend--but they are ''intricate'' with many and different bends....also some cut outs for decorative looks ....the handle is wood
..this was fairly easy to make..I think the ''crudeness'' of it makes it look more ''realistic
.....the sword is drawn on the PC and then tools assigned to cut it...then the code sent to the machine to cut..then I formed the bends on the brake press
....the most time consuming thing was polishing the metal with a small grinding tool with 3 or 4 different grits...the metal is originally not shiny, but has a grain
.....the grip and guards are fairly easy to bend--but they are ''intricate'' with many and different bends....also some cut outs for decorative looks ....the handle is wood
..this was fairly easy to make..I think the ''crudeness'' of it makes it look more ''realistic
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