[TheForge] forging square tube

Mon Oct 13 17:55:02 2003

Would it be possible to get a copy of anyone's tape of this =
demonstration?  Does the conference offer tapes of demos similar to what =
they do with some of the demos at the MetalFab shows?

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> From: Ralph E Douglass [mailto:[email protected]]=20
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 4:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] forging square tube
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> Roger R Degner wrote:
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> > Different ways to make a tapered finial
> > One is to collapse the middle of the flats with a fuller and then=20
> > hammer them to a taper or keep working the material lightly with=20
> > hammer blows upsetting the sidewall thickness into a taper.=20
>  The first=20
> > few heats not much is accomplished but should get faster as the=20
> > thickness enlarges. The tube can be top/bottom swages like making=20
> > bells, candle cups, fruit ect. I missed Lorelei Sims at the=20
> Guild of=20
> > Metal conference but she had a table filled with fabulist stuff.
> > I did watch another demonstrator doing pipe/tube at the 2002 ABANA
> > conference.  She made chain links out of round rod and=20
> rolled the pipe
> > ends to capture the U bent rod making the link.  She also did some
> > flower shapes collapsing the pipe in various places.  When=20
> I catch up a
> > couple of other projects I should rewatch the tapes I shot.
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> > Roger R Degner
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> Hmmm, now that sounds interesting.... Wish I could have made=20
> it to the 2002 conference... <sigh>
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> Ralph
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