How to make a brass bird cage dress in twenty-five easy steps

Step 13 Clamping shiny bits

Truth be known - I had not anticipated having to individually clamp down each of the nearly 2000 attachment points. It was a daunting task, but I had put so much work into it already that I decided to press on.

Finding a solution for clamping was more difficult than it seemed like it should be because the attachment points were so close to each other (15mm apart). I would have loved to have used spring clamps, but the heat from the propane torch was too much for the little guys. The solution ended up being some small 1" c-clamps. I replaced the turning apparatus on each of them with smaller screws since the attachment points were so close.

Ideally, I would have created a jig to make this process easier, however because all of the bends were different, I couldn't think of a jig option that would work. I resigned to the fact that I would be spending a lot of time clamping.