[TheForge] request for help/guidance on project

Fri Oct 18 07:35:00 2002

The way it reads, he almost had to have had a 3d form for it.  At least that
is the way I read it.

Rick Crawford at  Rafter Lazy C
Home of Rick's Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
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----- Original Message -----
From: Terry L. Ridder <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:34 AM
Subject: [TheForge] request for help/guidance on project

> hello;
>
> in francis whittaker's blacksmith's cookbook
> on page 45 is a project entitled 'by candlelight ii'.
> the project is for basket candlesticks.
>
> i am having trouble visualizing how to make the twelve
> 1/4 x 11-3/4 rods all the same or what type of template
> he is referring to. he says to 'shape on form'. anyone
> have ideas on how to form the basket rods?
>
> my first thought is that he had a three-dimensional jig
> he built for this project.
>
> after thinks about it more perhaps he used two different
> size metal balls connects by pipe/rod to create the form.
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder ><>

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