[TheForge] Flattening fire place screen.

[GRAF]

I am just guessing here Andy, but the fact that the wire is a single 
vector on the pull and the wire screen is probably thousands because it 
is a screen, might make things real interesting.

Mike Graf

Andrew Vida wrote:
> Don,
>
> Though I have no experience with fireplace screen, there is an old 
> jeweler's trick that may work...  If you have a piece of, say, 
> sterling wire that is all lousy-twisted and you need a very straight 
> length from it, you put one end in a vise and grab the other with draw 
> tongs (or vise grips or some other clamping device) and you simply 
> pull until you feel the wire go past the yield point (the point where 
> elastic deformation becomes plastic).  The feeling is unmistakable and 
> you need go only a wee bit past that point to obtain a flawlessly 
> straight and perfect length of wire.
>
> What I am thinking is that if you can make a clamping device for the 
> two ends of the length of screen, stretching it just past its yield 
> point should provide you with a very nice, flat area.  Perhaps a coupe 
> of pairs of angle iron bolted together would do the trick, like so:
>
>                       ___
>                      |   |
>                      |   |
>                      |   |
>                      |   |
>                      |   |
>        ______________|   |
>       |                  |
>       |__________________|
>        xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <-screen
>       .------------------.
>       |                  |
>       |______________    |
>                      |   |
>                      |   |
>                      |   |
>                      |   |
>                      |___|
>
> HAve this arrangement in either side of the material.  One clamp is 
> fixed to a wall or bench or what have you and the other to a come-along.
> Crank until things stretch a wee bit and you should probably have what 
> you want.
>
> Just a thought, in any event.  Good luck.
>
>     -Andy
>
> 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 
>>
>>
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