[TheForge] Re: Odd size stock

[Cameron Stoker]

Glad you found a place with the stock size, however here's my $0.03:

In this age of machined, die stamped & 'scroll' jig bent pottery barn  
items I almost always make it a point to alter the section of the  
stock I use in projects just so it doesn't match a standard size.  
Wether it's cold chamfering the corners of curtain rod stock in a  
hyd. press or making a reversed ogee moulding section by hammering  
3/4" sq into a die under the powerhammer the irregularities are what  
sets our work apart from the bulk produced thingamajigs. It really  
dosen't take that long. On saturday I ran 30' of 3/8" sq through a  
die to make 1/2" half-round in about an hour. The edges of that bar  
where it pinched a little flash out are the part that the customer  
liked best.




                 Cameron Stoker
                 cameron at stoker.net
                 "May you run like a vicuña!"