[TheForge] Shrink fitting steel to wood
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Tue Aug 12 15:45:04 2003
I looked again, couldn't locate the cold tire setting arcticle. I did
see many pages of ads for cold tire setting machines though, so I expect
that the writer was advocating the use of one of them. One of the ads
described their machine as weighing "only" 500 lbs. Another one of the
ads states that this machine removes the need for over dishing the wheel
"normally required for cold setting tires", so that may have been an
alternative aproach.
Charles
[email protected] wrote:
> I remember that one too. I went looking for the article the other
> day, but haven't found it, though I think I know the issue it is in.
> American Blacksmith June 1902. The reason that I say this is that I
> found a letter to the editor in the november 1902 issue by the same
> person, answering a letter in the august 1902 issue that questioned
> his assertions. I also found an interesting write up by a
> blacksmith regarding fitting bands to hubs ( hot of course). He talks
> about how to shrink the hub in case it comes out slightly large
> without cutting and rewelding ( which his letter indicates was
> standard practice). I will post it when I get a chance.
>
>
> Charles
>
> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>
>> Are you sure you were reading about hot-fitting TIRES?
>>
>> Seems to me I read such a diatribe, probably in Richardson's, from a
>> farrier who (probably correctly) opposed hot-fitting of HORSESHOES.
>>
>> Bruce
>> NJ
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> [email protected] 08/09/03 10:08PM >>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>> I remember reading some smith's diatribe regarding hot fitting of
>> tires. It may have been in MT Richardsons Practical Blacksmithing.
>> The basic gist was it was unnecessary and would result in a poorer
>> fit.
>>
>>
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