[TheForge] Mastermyr II List of Items Update 2

Thu Jun 20 21:26:00 2002

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Hanson, Massachusettes

Steve Smith

Phlip wrote:

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>From: "April & Bill Clemens" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 7:18 PM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Mastermyr II List of Items Update 2
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>>Phlip,
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>>The catalog on the mastermyr website gives the basic dimensions:
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>>"Griddle with rim of sheet-iron  Pls. 6 and 24:18
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>>Round disc with up-turned rim and an irregular triangular hole in the
>>middle. It is incomplete: more than a third of the rim and a portion of
>>the bottom are missing. Part of the rim has been secondarily bent
>>inwards. The griddle was repaired in antiquity with a triangular patch,
>>riveted on with at least ten rivets. The patch is now partly detached.
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>>Diameter 22.3 cm; thickness of plate 0.3-0.4 cm."
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>OK, that makes it both smaller than I was thinking, and thicker- I was
>guesstimating about 14 guage steel, but it appears that I'll be closer with
>maybe 10 guage- I'll check my guagemeter, in a bit. No wonder it survived-
>3-4 mm is some heavy stuff! I used 11 g for my forge table, and it took some
>work to shape and cut and drill and what not.
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>Anybody know if pure iron comes in plate? And, where the neaest place is to
>get some? Going to need a fair amount for both these projects, and the
>Metalworking Symposium. Meantime, Rob is going to go see if the Navy might
>be throwing away any 10 inch mild steel disks, in say, the 3-4mm range- I'll
>need a couple of practice pieces for sure.
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>Any sign of any deliberate holes in the thing for attachments, as for
>hanging, or are we looking at something set to rest on rocks over the fire?
>And, the triangular hole in the center- any clue as to if it were
>deliberate, for drainage, or simply a rusty spot, eating out from a smaller
>hole?
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>Stiull thinking- but yes, Bill, I intend to do it.... also thinking about
>the spatula.....
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>Phlip
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