[TheForge] Warped!

[Larry and Pat Brown]

Since the stock is flat would it be possible to drill a small hole from the 
back through the piece you are attaching (You may be able to weld a piece 
to the attachment first to help this), countersink the holes a little and 
use a countersunk head rivet. You can make your own rivet from gas welding 
rod by drilling a hole in flat stock to match the hole and countersink you 
put in your frame, grip the wire in a vise underneath and peen the head to 
fill the sunk area. Small diameter wire can be done cold. The rivet hole 
would give you no noticeable distortion to your frame and you can blend the 
rivet to be almost unnoticeable
Larry Brown

At 09:04 PM 2/18/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>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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