[TheForge] making blow tubes

[Wesley Marquart]

Hello Allen,

Figured I'd throw my $0.02 in here as well...

I've made some blow tubes in the past which were fairly well received...

The stock I used was square tube (about 7/16" O.D. - can't remember the wall
thickness though) cut to 24" in length.  I went that long so they could be
used for both campfires and fireplaces.  I 'belled' one end by heating and
driving a punch into it then I did a re-heat and finished the bell with a
small ballpien.  The other end was carefully flattened to give a < 1/8th in
gap - had to use a flat blade screwdriver to wedge a couple of the open a
little more - got a little too enthusiastic with my pounding - oh yes the
screwdriver... came in handy when I was doing the end/bend - heat the end
that's been flattened stick in the driver and tweak it to your favorite
angle...

:)

Have fun!

Wes aka William the Tinker.

Ps: I really need to get down to Salem Village again... I was thru there
once several years ago, and I was quite impressed!


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Allen Ortery
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 7:58 AM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] making blow tubes

any one make blow tubes ? What is the best size pipe or tube to start with?
Thanks

-- 
Allen Ortery
bluestoneforge at gmail.com
309-368-7967
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