47. Reheat to recover heat lost when applying the compound. The temperature is critical for the compound to work.


48. Quickly, quinch in water.


49. Ready for cleaning and final polishing.

50. Although not 100% complete, I couldn't resist. This cycle tank is the reason for this hammer project.

51. Worked by hand until now had a lot of bumps and lumps that were smoothed out in short order. Also able to bring up some low spots quite easily to the desired contour. Performance is beyond my greatest expectations.