[TheForge] Baskets

[ductility at juno.com]

Andy,
I may check into having Terry make them (the baskets).  There is a new
guy in Tempe that has machines and tooling to make custom scrolls and
other components, so I'm trying to design the table around what he is
capable of.  He said that the baskets he has seen have been limited to
one-inch ends.  The chuck on his basket making machine has a capacity of
one-inch.

All is well.  Neighbor is quiet.  Sorry to hear about Jackie, but I
thought his (her?) name was Jack?  Stupid cancer.  The wife and I are
into running now, in the mountains.  We are running up South Mountain at
the end of the month for the American Cancer Society.

Jeff
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:12:03 -0500 Demon Buddha <osan at netlabs.net>
writes:
> 
> 
> ductility at juno.com wrote:
> > Hey All,
> > I have a job where I need to make some table legs, they need to be 
> stout
> > to keep a granite top from swaying.  The legs will have no cross 
> support
> > other than at the top, although the bottom of the legs will be 
> anchored
> > into the floor.  The client wants, maybe rope legs with a basket 
> in the
> > middle.  I was thinking a basket made from at least 4 stands of 
> 5/8"
> > solid round (mild steel).  The legs maybe 2-3 inch in diameter, 
> twisted
> > from several strands of solid round mild steel.  No problem 
> getting the
> > twisted material for the main body of the legs but I have not 
> found a
> > source for a basket made from such "massive" material.  Any 
> suggestions? 
> > I have a source for baskets made from 4 strands of 1/2" solid 
> round, and
> > maybe after I weld and wrap to hide the welds, the legs will be 
> resistant
> > to swaying?
> > 
> > BTW I don't have the tools or capacity to make baskets out of 5/8" 
> solid,
> > or maybe I do?
> 
>         Dood, you could go to Terry O'Neil in Mesa.  He has Mongo, 
> the bender 
> from Hell.  Mongo wwill twist 3" solid square cold.  I'm 90% sure 
> he's 
> still there.  His phone number's even the same.  Web search or 
> switchboard.  TD O'Neil.    5/8" baskets should be within his 
> capability.  He may not be much of a businessman, but he is 
> defintetly a 
> good metalman.
> 
> How're things?  Hope all is well.  Neighbor behaving?
> 
>         -Andy
> 
> PS: Jackie died.  Cancer.
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