[TheForge] spirialstairs

[Brian Edginton]

>>>>> "Steve" == Howell Steve <steve.howell@siemens.com> writes:

 Steve> One possibility I have yet to try but was 'revealed' to me by Dean Osmer, a local seattle fabricator, is to twist the bar first then have it rolled. The result is a helix. You may still need to tweak, but the hard part of the twist is in there.
 Steve> What would a formula look like for the above? I'm guessing if the helix makes it one time around in ten feet then one twist might be a place to start(within the length of that 10' rise). With my luck, I'd wind up with a pile of scrap getting it right. 
 Steve> my 2 cents

You can easily put a twist into a pipe as it comes through the roller, just grab the end with a pipe
wrench and twist it right or left as it exits the roller. Obviously this doesn't work as well with
bread-loaf, but if you have dies for your roller that fit the bread-loaf handrail you can coax a twist
into it just the same.

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