Big Jim posted:Bob,
Since you are bent on working in brass, forget this wild and crazy gobbledee-goop these guys are trying to pass up on you and do it the way a real sheet metal worker would do it (just like I suggested). Bone up on your latent mechanical drawing skills and plot it out on a flat piece of brass that is easy to cut.
BTW, have given any thought as to how are you going to make the dome-like end of the tender, anneal some brass and spin work it or pound it out with a hammer?
He could do that but rolling it up might be an entertaining exercise.
As for the end, I was wondering about that myself, but I'd be willing to loan Bob one of my anvils to save him ordering one from Acme....
