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There is a project for my Latin class were you can make anything from a comic to a sculpture that relates to the Roman Empire and the three best from every category and grade gets sent to the Philadelphia Classical Society for them to judge and give awards. Colleges really like those awards so I want one.
To start I cut out a disk of brass and used a ball peen and a pine board to make it into a sort of bowl. Then I make another disk and cut out the center the smoothed out the contact area so it would solder all around. That took about 4 hours to make it perfect. Next I soldered it, then marked and drilled the holes. Had some brass carriage bolts that I made look like rivets.
I got three pieces of pine, marked out a circle and cut it. Glued them together then sanded it round. I glued together two more pieces to make the handle, cut the rough shape with the jigsaw then used a spoke shave and carving knife to shape it and then sanded it and put some linseed oil. It was held on by four screws from the front then the holes were filled in with bondo. I drilled the hole in the center for the boss then drilled the four holes for the rivets.
Got the steel off of McMaster-Carr, bent it into a ring and used a ring roller to get it perfect then welded it. It was too small so I used the horn of an anvil and a hammer to make it slightly larger. The tabs were then welded on and ground to look like they are bent from the ring for historical accuracy.
I put a layer of gesso on the front then put linen on top then more gesso. When that was dried I painted it all red for mars, the god of war. Made a stencil for the wings, they represent an eagle which is for the power of the Roman Empire. Then made more stencils for the light bolts the king of gods, Jupiter. Most Roman shields had these three symbols.
The ring was then pressed on. I shortened some more brass carriage bolts and drilled holes for those and glued them in place.
I made the stand out of three pieces of pine, I cut the rough profile with a jigsaw then smoothed it out with a spoke shave then sanded it. Put some linseed oil on it and it is all done!
The three best for each category per grade get selected on Thursday so I hope it makes it past that!
To start I cut out a disk of brass and used a ball peen and a pine board to make it into a sort of bowl. Then I make another disk and cut out the center the smoothed out the contact area so it would solder all around. That took about 4 hours to make it perfect. Next I soldered it, then marked and drilled the holes. Had some brass carriage bolts that I made look like rivets.
I got three pieces of pine, marked out a circle and cut it. Glued them together then sanded it round. I glued together two more pieces to make the handle, cut the rough shape with the jigsaw then used a spoke shave and carving knife to shape it and then sanded it and put some linseed oil. It was held on by four screws from the front then the holes were filled in with bondo. I drilled the hole in the center for the boss then drilled the four holes for the rivets.
Got the steel off of McMaster-Carr, bent it into a ring and used a ring roller to get it perfect then welded it. It was too small so I used the horn of an anvil and a hammer to make it slightly larger. The tabs were then welded on and ground to look like they are bent from the ring for historical accuracy.
I put a layer of gesso on the front then put linen on top then more gesso. When that was dried I painted it all red for mars, the god of war. Made a stencil for the wings, they represent an eagle which is for the power of the Roman Empire. Then made more stencils for the light bolts the king of gods, Jupiter. Most Roman shields had these three symbols.
The ring was then pressed on. I shortened some more brass carriage bolts and drilled holes for those and glued them in place.
I made the stand out of three pieces of pine, I cut the rough profile with a jigsaw then smoothed it out with a spoke shave then sanded it. Put some linseed oil on it and it is all done!
The three best for each category per grade get selected on Thursday so I hope it makes it past that!
