[TheForge] 8" hemispheres

[Jerry Frost]

I haven't gotten any hits from the metal spinning list unless they've
contacted you directly. There's nobody around my neck of the continent
spinning myself included so don't worry about UPS from here. <grin> I have
trouble believing there aren't any spinners in/near PA. It used to be a
pretty productive part of the country, industry wise that is.

Have you considered taking up spinning? 8" x 16 ga. hemispheres would be an
excellent beginner's project and once you get the hang of it it's a LOT of
fun. If you think it's an option I'll post the metalspinning list
subscription info, they're a bunch of helpful folk with how-to books,
videos, etc. available.

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


----- Original Message -----
From: <PlumDon at aol.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] 8" hemispheres


>
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>
> 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
>
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