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Magnifying glass


Davor

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Something a bit different. I didn't have much time for blacksmithing but this is also heated in the forge and hammered on an anvil.

First a couple magnifying glasses for about a two dollars.

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Then a copper pipe.

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Flattening bit by bit.

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Then a grove down the middle.

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And now forming a circle.

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Now the glass is very sensitive, just by trying to adjust it by hand it chipped, so I gave up and formed around the glass itself.

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Then some small bits I don’t have pictures how I made them but you get the idea.

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And this is where I am now with a new lens.

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So the handle. Ruff shaping and since I don’t have a lathe I shape it on the drill.

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And the finished product.

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