[TheForge] Flattening fire place screen.

[GRAF]

After I just tried laying it on the bench curve up ,perhaps under a 
sheet of plywood for a day, and finding that it still was curved I'd go 
to the slip roller.
Just laying it out flat may do more good than you'd think.

Mike Graf

Paul wrote:
> PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
>> Does anyone have any suggestions re flattening  fireplace screen?  
>> The last stuff I purchased was pretty tightly rolled.  Greatly 
>> appreciate any ideas anyone might have.
>>
>> Thanks in  advance
>>
>>
>> Don Plummer 
> Hi Don
> If you have access to a slip roll of sufficient width you might try 
> counter rolling the the screen thru the rolls. If the screen is to 
> thin try to sandwich it between to sheets of Masonite.
> The amount of curve to put in is rather an empirical solution. Try 
> counter rolling opposite the natural curve as delivered. If you over 
> shoot, back off the rollers and reverse the crown and try again.
> Never tried it on screening, but I have done so on sheet metal. Large 
> industrial users of coiled sheet metal have a counter roller in the 
> uncoiler that feeds the shear.
>