[TheForge] Re: TheForge Digest, Vol 52, Issue 33

[Ekaterina Harrison]

Rich,

Thanks.
I tried this first. Made quite a mess.
Oh well. Helped me to figure out some of the obvious that was not  
quite as obvious when I started.

Ekaterina

On May 19, 2008, at 11:49 AM, theforge-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:10:56 +0100
> From: "Rich Maynard" <rich at maynard.org.uk>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Punching and drifting angled holes
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> I've never tried it and I'm working from home today but I'd try  
> punching
> them straight then re-heating and twisting to the right angle with a  
> cold
> bar. It's not going to be a nice clean hole so might not be  
> appropriate but
> the final shape will witness the process that created it which is  
> one of the
> things I love about forged stuff.
>
> Rich M.
>
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