Another suggestion: don't lay out all the bends, then cut to length, then form
the bends (which would be the way to go on a production run after prototypes);
instead, do just one bend on the end of the full bar before laying out the next
bend. Don't cut the workpiece off the bar until all four bends are cone. Thus,
if you get the spacing or execution wrong, you will have wasted less work and
material before you discover your error, and you'll have a clearer idea of when
and how the error occurred.

Also: make the wood rods after you make the brass clamps. If you are pushing
beyond your experience on the metalwork it will be easier to size the wood to
fit the metal than to size the metal to fit the wood.

Tom Conroy
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