[TheForge] D-rings

[Saint Phlip]

I was thinking about that, but I'd need either a propane forge to heat
the stock I have available (1/8" stainless) with any dispatch, or a
torch, and I have neither. And, making them would take time away from
what I'm trying to do, which is get ready for Pennsic. I'll be leaving
on the 26th, and I still need to finish sewing the buckles (or
D-rings) on to the walls, make a pair of Viking chairs (including
finishing them with tung oil), build the anvil stump, and a zillion
other things, that I started early on, but I can't convince my
roommate that the things I need him to do, I need him to do NOW, not
15 minutes before I leave.

For example, I asked him to either fix my treadle sewing machine (I
know nothing about them other than how to use them without sewing me
to the fabric) or sew up the fabric I have. He agreed to sew the
fabric, and keeps putting it off until it's too late to get much done.

On 7/11/07, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> Hi Phlip;
> You can rip these out pretty quickly by using the old ring making
> method of wrapping rod around a pipe and running down one side of
> the coil with a torch or slitting disk. The trick is to pull as
> you wrap.
> To make the "D", simply cut off a strip down one side of the
> pipe...that'll make cutting the coil easy.
> Then a couple of swats to straighten and a quick zap with a
> welder finishes them off....pete f
>
> Dan Scheid wrote:

I'm going nuts, trying to get things done. Normally, JoAnne fabric
would have just what I need, but they're out.

-- 
Saint Phlip

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

Blessed be the self-righteous, for they shall inherit themselves.