[TheForge] Spring fuller for pipe

[Dan Scheid]

Dave do you want to fuller your pipe? or do you want to reduce it (i.e.
taper or shrink)?
the v die is used to reduce and I think it would work better the your curved
die .I think the straight sides of a v die
will have less contact and would distort less then the curve's would... I do
a bud vase this way
you can see it here
http://flyinghorseforge.homestead.com/rose.html
Dan Scheid
Flying horse forge
http://home.earthlink.net/~chevalvolant/flyinghorseforge.html

> At the UMBA hammer-in a while back we had Roger Lorance as the
> demonstrator.  One of his spring fullers was an interesting variation from
> what is usually seen.  He made it particularly for fullering pipe or DOM
> round tubing.  As he mentioned, one of the problems encountered when
> fullering pipe or tubing is that it has a tendency to crush or flatten in
> the groove and it is very hard to get back to a neat uniform roundness
> inside of the fuller.  His approach to overcoming this was to make a
fuller
> that would contact the work piece in three places.
>
> I've attached a drawing that I made which outlines the general
construction
> of this 3-point fuller.  It's not to scale, but certainly shows the
general
> concept behind this fuller.  Essentially he uses three arc sections from a
> coil spring, one on the top block and two on the bottom block.  In spite
of
> the fact that my drawing is so poor, I'm sure you can see what is
intended.
>
> So, go to the photoaccess site and look in the Tools and Tooling album.
>
> Oh, yeah, I almost for got.  Not snide remarks about my lack of artistic
> rendering.
>
>
> Dave Brown
> Blacksmith/Tinsmith
> Green Bay, WI
> ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG
>
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