[TheForge] Tungsten

[Mike Linn]

Cool, it reminds me of watching the folks at the USS Fairfield Plant 
shoving a bore mandrel through 25 feet of steel to make seamless pipe.

Then watching the primary rollers that are powered by 2 ganged 5000 hp 
motors.  That takes the 25' billet and rolls it out to about 75'

http://www.usstubular.com/facilities/splpffal.htm

absolutely fascinating process.

mike



At 02:36 PM 1/1/2006, you wrote:
>
>To All,
>When I built my hydraulic press I had fantasies about punching conical  holes
>in large blocks for candle holders, etc.  I first used H-13 heat  treated by
>the book and the small end mushroomed on the first press.  The  slow but
>powerful push of the hydraulic works really well but it is hell on  tooling.
>Now for a story...


            Mike Linn
      Artist Blacksmith
          McCalla, AL
        AFC Webmaster
http://afc.abana-chapter.com

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