[TheForge] TheForge] forging steel bamboo

[Ron Childers]

Kirsten, the "bamboo" mirror frame won't care as long as one plane of each
side of it is relatively flat to cover the glass. You can tweak it with a
wooden mallet, but be sure to mark the "flat" sides before cutting the
notches and cut undersized so the final fitting is by file work and the cuts
don't overlap. This makes a much neater project. You might try bend tabs to
hold the mirror in place on a small seam of clear calking laid between
strips of masking tape then cut and remove the tape. This won't show but
will insulate the glass from the steel.

Ron C


At 05:30 AM 7/14/2007, you wrote:
>I finally got some bamboo samples made up that I really like.  You 
>can see pictures in my latest blog entry at http://knitsteel.blogspot.com
>
>All of the bamboo related progress posting, in order from earliest 
>to latest, are
>http://tinyurl.com/3627ua , shows bronze bamboo
>http://tinyurl.com/2oy6vq  , steel bamboo first draft
>http://tinyurl.com/3x6uro  , steel bamboo most recent version
>
>Cut and paste the links into your browser to see them.  The bronze 
>version and the first steel version are made with forging and then 
>welding.  The third is all forging.  I like the forged version best 
>for the steel.  For the bronze, I still like the other method.
>-Kirsten
>http://knitsteel.etsy.com  - my blacksmith shop online
>