1) when cutting sheet metal use gloves, of course being me there I was cutting sheet metal on the kitchen floor still with my dress clothes on from the work day, to excited to put gloves on--until I cut myself, twice. Those edges can be sharp!
2) Kevin noticed that I was having a hard time hammering some of the nails in so he showed me that if there is a block of wood on either side of where you are hammering then the nail goes in easier. I grasped it immediately, that way when hammering the place where the majority of the force goes is onto the nail head because the two blocks damper and lessen any of the force escaping by vibrating off through the wood.
3) From now on I will attach the fins first, had a bit of a hard time getting the tail under the caps that I had already attached so I had to cut the edge so that it came flush with the already laid caps and not under it.
4) When hammering on the end point of a fin it is possible for the wood to split and splinter off, not ideal, but by bending the copper around the edge of the plywood it can be salvaged.
5) Hammering with the opposite hand is a bit difficult.
So here's the fish so far
As for my other bottle cap projects: coasters and Mara's gift I haven't started but have been brainstorming and have quite a few ideas. I'll be excited to start on those once I get a good chunk of the fish done, seeing as the other projects deadline is Christmas, and this one is New Years.
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