[TheForge] old tool

[Saint Phlip]

Got a  picture of this jenny somewhere?


On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:
>
>> Regarding the original inquiry -- this sounds like a tinsmithing
>> tool for rolling a 90* bend.  It would somewhat resemble a can
>> opener.
>
> That's a cool device called a "jenny" (at least in some venues.)
>
> Works slick on tubular tin things a few inches in diameter but the
> rolls that actually contact the workpiece are ca. 3" in diameter,
> making it difficult or impossible to apply to 1-1/2" or 2" tubular
> stuff.
>
> I have one of these things.  Every few years, it proves to be
> extremely useful for some little tinware task. Collects dust
> betweentimes.
>
> I wonder if you could modify one them pliers-like can openers or an
> electric one with a less-sharp wheel to make a mini-jenny.  Good
> project for a tinkerer with too few projects in h{is,er} pushdown
> stack.
>
>
>
> - Mike
>
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