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I once did this with a mate who used it for an internal step up between rooms, we had a sheet of copper we'd cut out of a skip diving score. The step it was going on was wooden, so we just lined it up, fixed the top edge and spent ages tapping it into submission. Looked awesome at the end tbh, I'll see if I can find a picture.
With slate I guess that technique wouldn't go so well, but if you can replicate the step with a lump of wood, just keep hitting it with a hammer?
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Has anyone ever shaped a sheet of brass? I have acquired a lovely bullnose step cover which is made of brass but my step isn't bull nose (its square edge slate) so I need to reshape it. Can I just heat it up and whack it with a hammer around a square edge and hope for the best!?