The depth of the mantle was the most limiting factor. They even made it thicker to help give us a couple inches more depth to work with, so the face of the hood had a more noticeable curve to it. I followed the height listed in the last diagram of 45.5" up the back side and an inch higher in the front. It is just over 61" wide at the bottom, and 8" deep, with just over 30" wide at the top, 2" deep. There is a concave up the front, but of course it is not as pronounced as the sides; with a 15.5" variance between the top and bottom on each side. Where the front face only had a 6" variance.

I needed to make this wood frame to mount the copper on. I layered 2 sheets of 1/4" hardwood plywood to give me this soft curve and still have 1/2" of wood. It is held together with lots of screws and Gorilla Glue. I made the back piece on it as well, so it is pretty much fully enclosed.

After I had the wood structure built I covered it with copper one section at a time starting with the sides. I attached the 4 separate sheets of copper and added the corner covers and stripes down the front to give it this rustic hand-made look they were after.

This shows the protective crate I made for it's safe journey down South