The Client: Conservation Solutions

Forging a new right arm for "Liberty" and restoring the hands of "Justice"

At left I beat the arm roughly to shape on a sandbag, planish the lumps out and then check the fit. At right the part is checked against the pattern and marked where it needs to be stretched or shrunk.

		At far left is a photo illustrating the final fitting of the arm halves. They have been formed to shape and clamped together to check fit. One part is scribed onto the other part and a lineis drawn  parallel to the edge and over 3/16 of an inch which is what I want to lap these pieces.  I cut the scribed part on the overlap line. You can see all the match marks made on the two halves in the cutting picture. These are where the crenelations will be cut. With the crenelations cut and roughly bent up and down the arm can be assembled and held together in alignment with wire. Once the shape had been trued, I added a couple Cleco clamps so I could reassemble without the wire.
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	At left I have tuned the crenelation tabs so they mate neatly. This is done with a hammer and dolly. After they have been trued up , the arm is disassembled,  the tabs are ground to a taper, and the entire joint is cleaned in preparation for solder. Following the final assembly and soldering of the joint. the seam is planished and filed smooth. .
	more coming  as we make the flag parts and add them on.

Projects : CS : Liberty & Justice : 01 : 02 : 03 : 04 : 05 : 06 : 07 : 08 : 09 : 10

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