[TheForge] fish plates? just how big are they?

[J. Petrila]

To fish plate a complex curve.. YOu need to form the metal in one fell
swoop.. Or you can notch the fish plate as you move from one starting point
to the next..

If you are industrious you can take a sheet of plain white paper and with
some scotch tape.. Tape down one side.. Not top and bottom.. but one side..
now start working the other direction.. Anyplace the paper wants to stand
up or create a fold is where the metal will pinch together..

Ideally you can just notch it at the point until the paper lays flat..
without bunching/folding..

Each cut will have to be welded but it doesn't need to be a full
penetration weld.. Just the top sheet.. It's taking me long to explain it
than it would to show in person..


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On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Jeff Wilson <kc7pme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I understand fish plating a flat surface.  I'm not able to imagine
> a fish plate in this instance.  Three flat surfaces butting at right angles
> onto a cylinder.  End view sort of like.  =o
>
> Jeff
>
> "When we work in the workshop, we crave nothing more than new problems to
> solve."
>       N. Offerman
>
> On Jun 23, 2017 1:31 PM, "Dan Brewer" <danqualman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Give yourself about an inch overlap to distribute the strain\. weld up
> the
> > tear and then the fish plate.  Clean up the weld paintand you are on your
> > way.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 8:23 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > hello
> > >
> > > the mower deck is still a project in progress.
> > > I still to figure out how to block the fork lift so if the hydraulics
> > > fail i am not crushed by the forks. (absolutely no joy in that)
> > >
> > > anyway,  i was looking at the place that needs to be welded. The
> > > question that came to mind is "Just how big should fish plate be?"
> > >
> > > given the nature of the scalper wheel holder and the broken weld I was
> > > thinking a metal diamond about the size of my little finger fingernail.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > terry l. ridder ><>
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