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Old 11-30-2020, 09:22 PM
Mike Rouse Mike Rouse is offline
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That deep of a crater of a shaping stump is humanly impossible to use to produce results with the very limited force that a human can produce. Shorten up the free span of the metal across the crater is the first step. Long radius curves can be obtained by utilizing a short span crater.
The shorter the span the more stretching will be achieved. Think a little at a time will get the results required. Remember humans do not have a great amount initial force but can exert a little force over a long period of time.
Try shortening up that span. I have ground a crater with a radius of 5 inches into a roughly flat river rock and using a wooden mallet with a domed end to produce panels with very long radius Ed and very short radius Ed as little as 8 inches. Though I think I could form as small as 5 inches.
Any way shorten up that spam and use many hits.
Also use temples to check your progress.

Mike
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