[TheForge] angle smiths

Sat Apr 12 23:43:00 2003

I've bent a few pieces of angle  using  Francis's recipie it works .
Randy Mundt
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> 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
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> From: "bill blacksmith" <[email protected]>
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> 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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