[TheForge] Yellin question

[Steve Smith]

Thanks Dave. I was stuck on mechanical fastening--you may have hit it 
with gas welding. I really appreciate your forwarding the question to 
Clare Yellin.

Steve

Dave Mudge wrote:

> Steve, I don't think that the top piece is twisted. I think that is a
> chiseled design that gives the impression of being twisted. I would
> assume that the sheet metal sides are gas welded or brazed to the top
> frame. I will forward this to Clare Yellin and see if she knows
> anything about the piece.
> dave m
> 
> On 11/22/06, Steve Smith <sos at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> I would like to make use of something very like the sides of this letter
>> box:
>> http://users.frii.com/sos/Steve/yellin.jpg
>> which is on page 44 of Samuel Yellin, Metalworker by Jack Andrews.
>>
>> I want to do something very similar; piercing thin sheet (as the sides
>> are), topped with a piece of molding. What I can't figure out is how it
>> is made.
>>
>> The edge molding in the Yellin piece makes matters even worse in my
>> mind. The molding appears to be a twisted strip. How in the world do you
>> attach something like that to the side?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
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