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    Forming Brass over MDF

    I needed to make two brass brackets and tried forming them over MDF:

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    One of the key steps was coating the MDF in superglue

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    I annealed the brass a couple of times during the forming

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    The final finished pair of formed supports.

    Actually, not quite finished as I need to clean them up and add spacer bars.
    Last edited by editor@glue-it.com; May 2, 2022 at 04:07 AM.

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