[TheForge] D-rings

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Life with the Temporally Challenged is tough, just ask my wife...pf

Saint Phlip wrote:
> 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.
>