[TheForge] Sheet metal roller qestion

[Bruce Freeman]

I've come across a number of books on tinsmithing and sheet metal working =
that include instructions on how to do wired edges.  Seems to me there's =
an Audel's manual - maybe even one in-print - that includes this info.  =
I've never done this, but the process seems fairly simple (which is not to =
say I'd be able to do it without a lot of practice).  If I recall =
correctly, you bend up a flange to 90 degrees from the rest of the sheet, =
then put the wire in place, and finally roll the flange over the wire.  =
Although this is mostly done with the aid of machines (for the past 150 =
years at least), it can be done by hand, and it might be necessary to =
start the thing by hand before using the machine.  I don't know for sure.

Meanwhile, if I catch the gist of the original question, I think it =
referred to slip rolls, not to tinsmith's machines.  I do not believe that =
those groves in slip rolls were used to do wired edges.

Bruce
NJ

>>> "Walter L. Mullett" <wmullett@bright.net> 08/19/02 09:51AM >>>
Thanks Dave,

You know the English language really sucks sometimes.  I try to listen but
with multiple answers you get some confusion.  One author said "The four
grooves are for rolling wire- you use a different machine for hemming. " =
and
one says " The grooves on the end of the roll are to roll small diameter
round stock."

But if I hear you correctly, and this makes sense to me ... the wire is
already in the hem - then the metal is rolled - correct?

I don't see how you could put the wire in after you have rolled a piece =
...
but then I don't know much at all about tin smithing.  I looked for some
books on the subject and couldn't find much.   Not that I need another =
hobby
but what's out there that I can read?

Walt