Subject: Re: circles

From: BILL PATE <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 10:12:09 -0400 (EDT)

At the NC conference in May, Doug Hendrixson showed us a method he learned
from the farrier's way of making horseshoes.  First he shaped each end of the 
bar over the horn to match the chalk drawn circle. Then he hammered the center
over the horn until the curved ends touched. Getting the ends right is the 
hardest part.

Even if you bend it around a pipe you can adjust the final diameter easily by 
hammering lightly across the open end of a heavy-wall pipe (about 4"+ dia.) 
that is standing on the floor or on a table to decrease the diameter -- 
or hung over the heel of the anvil to increase the diameter.

I would think that since the diameter of the raku cannot be as closely 
controlled as a pipe (my wife is a potter), you would be better off making 
the rings individually to fit what the pieces you need to hang in the rings.

Bill Pate.