[TheForge] angle smiths

Sat Apr 12 10:31:00 2003

Bill,
Francis Whitaker talks a little about tradesmen who fabricated
conveyer lines for the canning industry out of angle iron in his book,
the Blacksmith's Cookbook.  There are miles of conveyor made of angle
in a typical factory.  Apparently, there is a lot of skill required to
get angle to go where you want it with its inherent desire to twist
when bent.   He describes a kind of pre-emptive bending to counter the
twist that will occur.  It's a short section and worth a read.

Rick Korinek
Emerald City Forge
Framingham, MA
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill blacksmith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 12:18 AM
Subject: [TheForge] angle smiths

>
> does anyone know anything about angle smiths, the ones that work in
angle
> iron. it's just that one off the blokes at work had heard of them
but didn't
> really know anything about them, i was interested to find out more
so i
> thought some of you guys may know something about them.
> thanks
> bill
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