[TheForge] Big Jig Saw Puzzle

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Peter,
I do a pretty carefull layout so all the pieces that are left are either 
long thin strips or small triangles.  I used to save the larger pieces but 
never found a use for them.  Now I cut the larger scraps into standard parts 
that I use regularly, the rest go in the recycle bin.  I've started saving 
all my scrap, it's amazing how fast it adds up. At .05/lb it doesn't bring 
in much money but it's better than just throwing it away.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
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Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Big Jig Saw Puzzle


Bob, i tend to regard such stuff as possible pieces of the next
composition.
You've already subtracted the parts of the last one.

Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> I spent most of the day cutting small parts out of sheet metal with a
> Beverly shear. As sometimes happens when doing something so boring, my 
> mind
> started to wander. The thought came to me that the scraps that were left
> over were like a big jig saw puzzle with holes where the parts were taken
> out. Then I started to wonder if it would be possible to actually put it
> back together. On the different crime shows they show them reconstructing
> all kinds of stuff from broken windows to the chaff out of a paper 
> shredder.
> I know that these shows are largly fantacy, not that it couldn't be done,
> but it would take so much manpower that they wouldn't bother.
>
> So what do you guys think? Could the scraps from a Beverly shear be
> reconstructed? Or would there be so much distortion that by the time you
> flattened the pieces out they would no longer fit back together?
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
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