"RoyJ" wrote in message
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I'm not doing metalwork because I can't figure out how to lay out the
!!@@##@!@! sheet metal pattern. Trying to do a double offset (both
directions) in an 8"x12" duct. But once I get the pattern, the
metalworking should be interesting: It requires a Pittsburgh lock on a
compound curve.

SteveB wrote:
I bought two gates at a yard sale that I'm going to mount in the garden.
Got a great old office chair that needs a little MIG welding to stabilize
the base. I went through a little 1.2 hp Gamefisher motor I got with my
used fishing boat. I'm getting some steel ready to make window awnings,
and getting the sewing machine tuned up.

What's everyone up to? So much damn political talk going on, you can't
hear the jaybirds.

Steve
I have not tried it with curves but I have made straight line transitions by
cutting cardboard patterns for each side and cutting the metal oversize for
laps. I bend the laps and screw or rivet together. If your patterns get cut
undersize you can just tape another piece on where needed until you get it
all how you want it. You can also make each pattern in more than one piece
and tape together. I first did that to make a pattern for cutting flooring
to go in a small bathroom.

I know there are more elegant methods.

Don Young