[TheForge] helical railing calculations

[Andy Vida]

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
> Let me guess - it had to have supported the material so that it wouldn't
> buckle sideways, right?

	Absolutely.  The roller had adjustable flanges that rode up to the
	side of the stock and kept everything from getting too cute in
	the machine.
> 
> Okay, I didn't know about such apparatus.  But not every shop has it.
> I think Marshall bends railing on an acorn table, hot.  Don't recall for
> sure.  Have to ask him.

	I'm sure that is how he'd do it, unless he's gotten a big
	hydraulic ring roller since Feb. :)