[TheForge] Warped!

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Kirsten:
One fix is to heat up the problem area and clamp it flat while red.
The problem is that the weld goes down molten  and then shrinks.
So, you can heat and shrink the opposite ( convex) side of the warp 
sometimes. Or heat just the weld and peen it ( with good backing) to 
spread it back out.
Or, heat the bulge , clamp both sides and hammer the bulge flat....and 
so on..
The last resort is rationalizing that it's supposed to be that way....PF

Fiorini & Skiles wrote:

>When creating a rectangular frame from strap steel, is there any way to
>prevent warping?  Is there any magic way to fix it, other than beating the
>heck out of it?
>-Kirsten
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