Needing a break from the metaphorical drawing board, I decided to make the lamp irons for the footplate.
I milled them from a length of brass bar. Initially I milled a length of angle and then cut slices off with a piercing saw. Then I soldered them edge on to the other end of the bar that I milled them from. Once soldered on, I milled the edges flat. I then turned them over soldered them on again and then milled them down to final size.
Milled Lamp Irons
They were then finished by hand with a file but I notice from the photos that some of the bases need deburring.
