[TheForge] metal spinning

[terry l. ridder]

hello peter;

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:

>
> Terry:
> Perhaps i don't understand just what your
> are doing, but it seems to me that if you
> take a disk and force the sides up, by
> spinning to make a pot,,,,that the sides
> must upset or thicken progressively as
> they conform to the spinning form.
> That would be the case if one were angle
> raising the vessel...pf
>

basically, i am trying to understand the mechanics
of taking a circular metal disk, pure aluminum, and
spinning it using a form/mandrel into a metal vessel.
whether the final shape of the metal vessel be a
stock pot, a vase, a spittoon.

-- 
terry l. ridder ><>