ripleycopa Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I have been making this style of Dragon Head for a few years, mostly out of 1/2 inch square stock, but this time I used 3/4 inch square stock. It was easier work in the sense of seeing the details better, but the metal did not want to move so it took almost twice as long as usual. But I liked the result so I decided to add it to a Bookend and make it into something useful. The bookend was 1/4 inch x 4 inch flat stock 11 inches long. I marked a line four inches from one end and used a fairly sharp fuller (or a dull hot cut) to indent the line half way through the plate. I then hand hammer textured the opposite side with my rounding hammer and drilled a 3/8" hole in the short side to accept the tenon on my dragon head. The plate was then bent through an angle of 90 degrees with the textured side up. After that it was just a matter of inserting the tenon from the dragon head from the textured side, clamping it up and heating the tenon with a torch and peening it until the tenon mushroomed into the hole. To keep it from spinning in the hole I used a square punch to punch a square shape in the back of the hole so that the mushrooming tenon would lock into place. The entire assembly was then power wire brushed and highlighted by brass brushing the edges and dragon head. A clear acrylic spray was use to protect the brassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I love it. Nice work. Now ya gatta make another since book ends come in pairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Make the other bookend the tail of the dragon..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Neat. The diamond twist works well for the neck scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I agree with Biggun about the tail on the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabel Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I love it! Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_HOSS Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Very cool. great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Need a claw coming up holding a book for it to read, 5 talons please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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