[TheForge] 8" hemispheres

[PlumDon at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/25/2004 12:45:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
frosty at customcpu.com writes:

I have  to go along with "use the 11g" suggestion unless lighter is a must
have.  You need a spinner. I'll ask on the metalspinning list and see if
someone  has an 8" die.

Where are you?



Some length from Alaska...Phoenixville, PA. 
 
The hemispheres form the bowls of reproduction colonial spiders and kettles  
with three legs and a handle. Still much used by re-enactors, colonial home  
owners, etc. Just right for cooking porridge and chili over an open fire. 11g 
is  way too heavy. Also, all the 11g come with a hole in the bottom. I have 
tried  Braun but so far no response. I'll try again. Beginning to look like 
spinning  would be the best solution. 
 
I would prefer to buy them, distress slightly, forge the rest of the  
components, and assemble. With a very light coating of peanut oil, bake at  375 and a 
bit of BearTex treatment, they look pretty good. Hand beating  them out, a 
dozen at a time,  is not an economically or physically viable  solution. You 
would think that something like this would not be that hard to  come by but it is 
shaping up as a real challenge. 
 
Thanks to all for the suggestions. Very much appreciated.  

Don  Plummer
Plummer Design Works
392 Hallman Mill Road
Phoenixville, PA  19460
610-495-5058