Grill Continued

 The festivities dealing with the shaping of the grill vanes continues.  I discovered the best way of shaping the brass over the form that I made was to shrink the metal once the curve was formed with wooden hammers rather than metal.  I used my woodworking hammers that are typically used for cuting with wood chisels.  The big benefit is that there are not indentations caused by the metal hammers that have to be filed out later.

None of this is attached yet, so the wood spacers are used to hold position and gives a chance to look at it from both sides.  There is still a lot to do here.  The new vanes need to be trimmed at the lower edge.  The original vanes need to be removed, straightened , and then the old and new need to be polished by the chromer.  The studs need to be replaced.  Then the vanes need to be attached to the surround and finally the assembly goes back to the chromer.   This is much more labor-intensive than I would have guessed but I think it will look original when it is finished.  Hopefully.