[TheForge] Speaking of Blacksmithing

Sun Jun 23 15:16:04 2002

Well my idea is to make a "Vessel" ( artists word for a vase) made from 
pipe. My thoughts are to taper it down from about 5 in to a forge welded 
closed end, all told about 25 in long. Then curl the closed end back up 
around the upright portion of the vase.  All of this will have to be done 
by hand in a coal forge.

A sketch is located at :
http://www.concentric.net/~mikelinn/pipevase.jpg

any thoughts would be appreciated

thanks,

mike

At 10:25 AM 6/23/02 -0600, you wrote:
>What do you mean?  Forged as in "manufactured" or as in "making
>something from"?
>
>Mike Linn wrote:
> >
> > Any ideas on the largest diameter of pipe that can be forged effectively?
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