Endeavour
Flashlight Enthusiast
I agree with Dom on cutting your holes first - a drill press with some clamps would be invaluable to get accurately centered holes. (You can get one at Harbor Freight Tools for about $50, and is worth the investment if you have space for it)
I again agree with Dom that you do not want to score the metal. I would clamp it onto a piece of wood and lightly tap the frontal tip with a ballpeen hammer until the desired angle was reached. I would also suggest to use rounded curves as opposed to sharp angles like you have designed, in part because it'll look a little cleaner and be less likely to catch on anything, and also because you won't have the load of the spring all centralized at one point.
I would also recommend picking up a set of needle files if you don't have any already and using them to break the edges of the clip and get rid of any burrs or sharpness, and maybe at the very end use some metal sand paper from 100 up to about 400 grit to get a nice, satin finish on it.
Good luck!
I again agree with Dom that you do not want to score the metal. I would clamp it onto a piece of wood and lightly tap the frontal tip with a ballpeen hammer until the desired angle was reached. I would also suggest to use rounded curves as opposed to sharp angles like you have designed, in part because it'll look a little cleaner and be less likely to catch on anything, and also because you won't have the load of the spring all centralized at one point.
I would also recommend picking up a set of needle files if you don't have any already and using them to break the edges of the clip and get rid of any burrs or sharpness, and maybe at the very end use some metal sand paper from 100 up to about 400 grit to get a nice, satin finish on it.
Good luck!