Drill or punch a hole in both the material and metal that the nail can fit easily through.
How to make a shield out of sheet metal.
Plan it out in correl draw.
Insert the nail and make a mark with a sharpie about a 1 8in above the metal.
You can either attach the cone to the post using angled wooden blocks see step 6 or metal tabs from the center hole that bend over and are nailed to the pole.
Trace cut sand and pound away.
How to make a buckler out of sheet metal.
Make the tabs about 1 5 wide and bend them up to nail to pole box.
To make the first cut a b line make a slot at a with a cold chisel to insert metal shears.
Make sure that the head is next to the material and you will be hammering onto the metal.
Cut off the rest of the nail with a hacksaw and reinsert the nail.
If your circle is bigger than the size of.