[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 121, Issue 21
Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
artgawk at thegrid.net
Thu Feb 27 00:09:08 EST 2014
Luke; There's link for that in blue below.
On Feb 26, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Luke Peebles wrote:
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> 1. Re: half round staock (Todd Rich)
> 2. Re: half round staock (CGRAF)
> 3. Re: Half round stock (Bob Ehrenberger)
> 4. Re: Half round stock (Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer)
> 5. Re: Half round stock (Bob Ehrenberger)
> 6. Re: Half round stock (Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer)
> 7. Re: half round staock (Dan Scheid)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:10:12 -0500 (EST)
> From: Todd Rich <torin at panix.com>
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] half round staock
> Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1402261309240.18008 at panix2.panix.com>
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> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, CGRAF wrote:
>
>> This is very viable thanks much.
>>
>> Mike Graf
>>
>> On 2/26/2014 11:51 AM, Todd Rich wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, CGRAF wrote:
>>
> http://tellsteel.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=625&search=half+round
>
> Glad to help. I've got a fairly decent set of online search skills due to
> my work. Might as well help out where I can.
>
> Todd
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:15:33 -0600
> From: CGRAF <adveniam at att.net>
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] half round staock
> Message-ID: <530E2F45.9030509 at att.net>
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> On 2/26/2014 12:10 PM, Todd Rich wrote:
>>
>> Glad to help. I've got a fairly decent set of online search skills due
>> to my work. Might as well help out where I can.
>>
>> Todd
>
>
> Way back in the days before Google. When net searches were more or less
> user intolerant I new a young lady who made a business out of being a
> finder.
>
> Usually when I do not already know a source I can find one right off.
> After ten minutes or so I'd just give her a call and pay the markup.
> She had incredible intuition as to search words.
>
> It is a worthwhile skill set.
>
> Mike Graf
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:51:25 -0600
> From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
> To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Half round stock
> Message-ID: <8BFFC5664F354DAB88B2318EACBFB71C at dell1>
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> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, CGRAF wrote:
>
>>
>> Todd 1/2 full round is not the problem. I need 1/2 half round.
>> The closest that I have gotten thus far is 9/16ths banding stock.
>>
>> I need this to make some dies for my leaf break to match some existing
>> work
>> on a conservatory that is being rebuilt
>>
>> Thanks for your effort.
>>
>> A friend on another list informs me that 3/4 has been the small end
>> manufactured for several years.
>>
>> Mike Graf
>
> If you have a power hammer or a friend with one, it would be easy enough to
> make yourself. Probably take less time than trying to find a factory
> source,
> when you only need 8'-12'.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 573-633-2010
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:03:07 -0800
> From: Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net>, Blacksmithing List
> Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Half round stock
> Message-ID: <3A25B33E-E58A-4E7E-8BFF-7C210347CA4E at thegrid.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> With an old time 1/2" swage, or home made equivalent,
> it wouldn't be all that much work to just forge it out by hand.
>
> On Feb 26, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, CGRAF wrote:
>
>>
>> Todd 1/2 full round is not the problem. I need 1/2 half round.
>> The closest that I have gotten thus far is 9/16ths banding stock.
>>
>> I need this to make some dies for my leaf break to match some existing
>> work
>> on a conservatory that is being rebuilt
>>
>> Thanks for your effort.
>>
>> A friend on another list informs me that 3/4 has been the small end
>> manufactured for several years.
>>
>> Mike Graf
>
> If you have a power hammer or a friend with one, it would be easy enough to
> make yourself. Probably take less time than trying to find a factory
> source,
> when you only need 8'-12'.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 573-633-2010
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:31:44 -0600
> From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
> To: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>, "Blacksmithing
> List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Half round stock
> Message-ID: <F19C01295ED0454888EAEC47CCE142B2 at dell1>
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>
> When I've needed 1' or 2' of half round, I've done it by hand at the swage
> block. Depending on how hard it is to make tooling for your power hammer,
> it wouldn't take that long to make a bottom swage to mount on the bottom
> die. But like you said even by hand it wouldn't be that hard to make
> several feet, maybe sucker a helper into striking for you.
>
> At our November meeting Don Birdsall demonstrated how to convert steel pipe
> into a railing cap rail under the power hammer.
>
> 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
> by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Half round stock
>
>
> With an old time 1/2" swage, or home made equivalent,
> it wouldn't be all that much work to just forge it out by hand.
>
> On Feb 26, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, CGRAF wrote:
>
>>
>> Todd 1/2 full round is not the problem. I need 1/2 half round.
>> The closest that I have gotten thus far is 9/16ths banding stock.
>>
>> I need this to make some dies for my leaf break to match some existing
>> work
>> on a conservatory that is being rebuilt
>>
>> Thanks for your effort.
>>
>> A friend on another list informs me that 3/4 has been the small end
>> manufactured for several years.
>>
>> Mike Graf
>
> If you have a power hammer or a friend with one, it would be easy enough to
> make yourself. Probably take less time than trying to find a factory
> source,
> when you only need 8'-12'.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:37:05 -0800
> From: Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net>, Blacksmithing List
> Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Half round stock
> Message-ID: <8991B894-9767-4CD4-99F9-647C56079DF3 at thegrid.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> How did he do it Bob?
>
> On Feb 26, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>
> When I've needed 1' or 2' of half round, I've done it by hand at the swage
> block. Depending on how hard it is to make tooling for your power hammer,
> it wouldn't take that long to make a bottom swage to mount on the bottom
> die. But like you said even by hand it wouldn't be that hard to make
> several feet, maybe sucker a helper into striking for you.
>
> At our November meeting Don Birdsall demonstrated how to convert steel pipe
> into a railing cap rail under the power hammer.
>
> 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
> by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Half round stock
>
>
> With an old time 1/2" swage, or home made equivalent,
> it wouldn't be all that much work to just forge it out by hand.
>
> On Feb 26, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, CGRAF wrote:
>
>>
>> Todd 1/2 full round is not the problem. I need 1/2 half round.
>> The closest that I have gotten thus far is 9/16ths banding stock.
>>
>> I need this to make some dies for my leaf break to match some existing
>> work
>> on a conservatory that is being rebuilt
>>
>> Thanks for your effort.
>>
>> A friend on another list informs me that 3/4 has been the small end
>> manufactured for several years.
>>
>> Mike Graf
>
> If you have a power hammer or a friend with one, it would be easy enough to
> make yourself. Probably take less time than trying to find a factory
> source,
> when you only need 8'-12'.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:20:15 -0800
> From: "Dan Scheid" <damales at pollybutte.net>
> To: "'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA'"
> <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] half round staock
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> Farrier supply house.
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of CGRAF
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:36 AM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] half round staock
>
> I have been searching for some 1/2 inch mild steel half rounds.
>
> Anybody have suggestions?
> I have tried McMaster.Carr, no luck.
> Local folks seem to also be a no go although I am waiting for some call
> backs.
>
> I only need 8 to 12 feet, preferably in no more than two pieces.
> I'd buy 20 if that is what it took and they would cut for shipping.
>
> Mike Graf
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