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Default Did a little Don Foreman style project today

On 2009-07-11, JR North wrote:
Nice. Pleasing shape.


Thanks. Red hot iron, for some reason, bends extremely gracefully,
compared to everything else that I have ever bent. I do not really
comprehend why that is so.

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JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/