A new toy...

...not a new hope!!

i finally found some time to assemble my newest acquisition. an english wheel.

most of you will not know what this is.

so here is a pic of it fully assembled:

it will be very helpful in creating my ali armor for my captain phasma costume...

by using different wheels, the big one flat, the other smaller one rounded in different shapes down to a flat version, you can smooth or round metal sheets to the desired form and shape. 

i took an anodized ali sheet to get my first experience in handforming it to a rounded version, e.g. the upper leg cover...

here the sheet before rounding it...

and here after it...

just to see the difference...

oh, i like my new toy!!!