[TheForge] 36" diameter ring

Tue Aug 5 22:40:00 2003

I know figuring the length is a little more complicated than that.
I have a carriage-maker friend who makes tires all the time, and he gave me the
calculation he uses, but of course, I've forgotten it.
I'll post it when I get it from him again.

Bob

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Reading the replies to your post, I recall a meeting of the North Texas
Blacksmiths at a Dallas Park that happened to be held in conjunction
with the local farriers group( there was a antique tractor group out
there that day as well)   As part of the festivities, the NTBA had
planned a competition, which the farriers were invited to participate.
The competition was for speed in turning up a perfect rin of specified
radius.   As I recall, the farriers won hands down.  They figured next
time they competed with farriers, they would choose a square.

Regarding getting  it perfectly round, it just takes making the ends
meet, weld them together, then slowy work the shape perfect, by going
round and round.

Charles