[TheForge] Metal working problem...again

[Jerry Frost]

So form the eyes separately and weld them on from 
behind later.

You have a tig welder now. . . Remember?

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" 
<artgawk at thegrid.net>



> Unfortunately, it mashes across the high points and 
> i'd have to try to
> grind them off which would take way too long Andy. 
> Good idea though.
> The most problematical one will be the cuttlefish 
> buckle for a marine
> bio guy. They have really raised bulging eyes right 
> next to the delicate
> tentacles. Sweating that one. Thinking about wrapping 
> the tentacles in
> wet rags before spot heating with the torch. Then 
> working over soaked
> wood with holes drilled to sink the eyes into. It's 
> so easy to blow a
> piece right at the end! I'm good at that.
>