Subject: re: cable twists

From: Bob Bigelow <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 16:58:44 -0700

Mark the area you will be twisting on one, two, three, or all four 
sides with a 1/8" radius fuller, or a sharp chisel, and twist, if you
mark all four sides, the twist will look like you made it out of four
small square bars.
  Another neat thing I disovered by accident...stamp your name into one
of the flats, then twist it, the action turns the roman font into script!
  Bob

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From: [email-masked] (Frost, Jerry)
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 16:33:22 -0800

> of the flats, then twist it, the action turns the roman font into script!

This is pretty much what I do. The only difference is that I like to 
break the corners, flatten them slightly, done cold. 

For the fuller, I like one that is about 1/3 of the starting face, eg; 
for 3/8" bar use a fuller with a 1/16" radius and driven about 1/3 
through the bar.

When twisted the fullers close up and it looks like cable or rope. 

Gotta try stamping my name in the next one!

Frosty
-- 
If it ain't forged
It ain't real
wrought iron is
The FROSTWORKS

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From: Bill Roberts <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 21:10:24 -0400

Bob and Jerry-
 I love the stamped name idea, can't wait to try it tomorrow. You learn 
something everyday, if'n you pay attention.
Thanks Bob.
Happy Hammering-
Bill Roberts
Custom Design Metal Arts
3740 NE 40th Pl. Ste. C
Ocala, FL. 34479
[email-masked]
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/incoming/portflio/broberts