That sounds like the sort of technique I'd like to learn more about. I'm
definitely not talking about compound curves. Just the simple stuff to
start.
-Steve Trovato
strovato@optonline.net
At 06:10 AM 9/17/03 -0400, Nolan Penney wrote:
>My cousin has a good sized farm equipment servicing shop. When ever we
>do heavy steel bending and fabrication we use torches to heat the metal
>at the bend points. With a little practice, you get pretty good at
>this. This works on single plane curves.
>
>Compound curves, like those of a plow share, are almost impossible to
>create well. For things like that we usually build it up with welds and
>grind to shape.
>
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