[TheForge] candle cups

[Phil]

what gauge metal do most of you use for candle cups
and drip pans?  I've been using 18 gauge, but I might
have to switch to 16 gauge cause I'm out of 18 right
now.


--- Chris Worsley <worsley at verizon.net> wrote:

> Phil,
> 
> Roll the cup sides over end of piece of solid round
> held in vise, hold 
> in place with tongs,  and tap bottom pre-drilled tab
> into position.
> Ta-da!
> 
> Chris
> 
> Oh, hot, one heat.
> 
> Phil wrote:
> 
> >I usually make candle cups that I braze to the drip
> >pans, but I want to make ones that get riveted. 
> These
> >start out being "T" shaped, with the vertical part
> of
> >the "T" as the tab with the hole that gets the
> rivet. 
> >I have a few questions about this:
> >
> >1.  do you bend the cylinder first, or the tab
> first?
> >
> >2.  do you drill the hole in the tab before you
> bend?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >
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