[TheForge] RE: Scroll maker

Thu Dec 18 16:31:00 2003

Shannell,

I have one that I have never used, and haven't seen for years.  It came with
the machine I have for cold twisting fence/railing pickets. Said machine is
now the heart of my tumbler.  This scroll maker is basiclly a piece of plate
torch cut to the shape of the scroll and welded to another plate which has a
bracket to attach it to the twister.  The guy I got it from was not a
blacksmith but fabricated a lot of railings, doing all the work cold.  He
would stick a piece of 3/16 x 1/2 into the jig turn it on and it just
wrapped it around the form,  when it hit the right spot he would turn it off
and pulled it off.  This machine has a lot of power and moves real slow so
it was easy to stop it in the right spot.   If you do your scrolls hot you
would not need that much power, but it would be nice if it turned slow
enough to let you control the amount of scroll.  An engine lathe of
sufficent size could easilly be used.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.

+++++Original Message +++++
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:52:34 +1030
Subject: [TheForge] Scroll maker
Reply-To: [email protected]

I do a lot of scrolls in 10mm (3/8) round. Im thinking of making a machine
to do the scroll part. The ends are flattened under the power hammer then I
heat the length up , about 18 inches and bend it around a jig, its got about
630 degrees in it, a full 360 then 270 more. Has anyone seen plans on the
net, or built their own? I have some ideas but its always easier to copy
something that you know works. Id probably do this hot still. I have a 1 HP
motor spare but no reduction gearboxes on hand, or was thinking maybe I
could use a pneumatic ram. Any suggestions?