Large Flat Rings

[Frosty]

On 4/8/2019 at 7:51 AM, ThomasPowers said:

Salamanders (used for browning)

I have to try harder to remember they're called Salamanders. The one I made worked really well the couple times I used it.  I have some 3/8" x 1" I might have to make Release 2. Maybe put a bottle opener on the handle along with a bayonet mount type thingy so I can slip it on a long stick. I don't need to roast myself to toast bread and meat for sup. 

Interesting thought Charles I may have to make a campfire custard some time. 

Frosty The Lucky.

[Gazz]

Without a tire bender or rolls used to bend the hard way,  the quickest way to make a flat ring is to bend it hot around a form, like the oil drum mentioned.  Best if you have a flat steel top welding or work table too.  Clamp or tack weld your form to the table, heat as long a section of the bar stock as you can and when its good and red,  clamp the end up tight to the form and flat on the table.  Start bending the workpiece around and use light taps with the hammer to keep it flat.  You will also need to move the clamp, or clamps to keep the hoop from pulling away from the form as the point of bending changes place. If you can only get a portion of the ring bent before you lose heat, unclamp and heat the remaining straight section.  If your forge will not accept the workpiece now because of the bend you can continue heating in place with a torch.    Also, make sure your clamps are preset so they can be quickly clamped.  I've bent many hoops  or rings this way and keep an assortment of old iron wheels or other steel/iron round things for bending around.