[TheForge] Spiral stairs? (Was: horn)

[Mike Spencer]

Any suggestions for method of construction for a spiral [1] stair?
For my own use in the shop, pure utility.  I have thoughts, have done
sketches, diagrams, calculations etc. but pointers to gotchas or
prefered methods would be welcome.


And on the matter of the anvil horn:

> Given this capability, it turns out that its possible to simply hold
> the work and the hammer while cursing as rapidly as possible to
> perform ordinary forging operations.

I love it.  Do you suppose we could hack it to work in reverse?  Forge
out something really intricate (say, a rose from solid bar) or really
massive (say, a ship anchor) and translate it into corresponding
...um... strong verbal reproofs which would be blasted from speakers
for the benefit of unwelcome onlookers or perhaps recorded for later
similar use?

My anvil horn points west but I have a rare earth magnet from a
computer HD stuck to it to rotate its magnetic field, so I'm okay.


- Mike

[1] Yes, I know the the difference between spiral and helical.
    Pedants should s/spiral/helical/g supra.

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