--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Imagine what I could do if
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : I knew what I was doing...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

On 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT, the renowned steamer
wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

I'll avoid giving the obvious answer involving metallic ruminants...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_wool

Steel wool is made from low-carbon steel (low enough to be close to
plain iron). It is not made by drawing ”steel wool wire” through a
tapered die, but rather by a process more like broaching where a heavy
steel wire is pulled through a toothed die that removes a thin wire
shaving.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

Everyone knows that it comes from steet sheep.


steamer wrote:
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

Everyone knows steel wool comes from steel sheep.

steamer wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

steamer wrote:
how the heck is steel wool made?


I make it my Unimat mini-lathe, taking maximum cut!

Jordan

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:10:44 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT, the renowned steamer
wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

I'll avoid giving the obvious answer involving metallic ruminants...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_wool

Steel wool is made from low-carbon steel (low enough to be close to
plain iron). It is not made by drawing ”steel wool wire” through a
tapered die, but rather by a process more like broaching where a heavy
steel wire is pulled through a toothed die that removes a thin wire
shaving.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany


I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent
The current Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for
existence.
- It is NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only billionaires.
- It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties.
- It has foisted a liar as president upon America.
- It has violated US national sovereignty in trade treaties.
- It has refused to enforce the national borders.

....It no longer has valid reasons to exist.
Lorad474

"steamer" wrote in message
...
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Imagine what I could do if
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : I knew what I was doing...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Saw a episode on "How It's Made). The metal is actually scraped off bigger
pieces, leaving a piece of swarf. (Is that what a machining waste is
called) Then run through other machines that bundles it up into pieces.
Not the way I thought it would be made at all.

Steve

"john" wrote in message
...
Everyone knows steel wool comes from steel sheep.

The sheep live on the iron range in Minnesota.

Karl

On Sep 13, 5:58*pm, "SteveB" wrote:
"steamer" wrote in message

...

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

--
* * * *"Steamboat Ed" Haas * * * * : *Imagine what I could do if
* * * *Hacking the Trailing Edge! *: *I knew what I was doing...
* * * * * * * * * * * * *www.nmpproducts.com
* * * * * * * * * ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Saw a episode on "How It's Made). *The metal is actually scraped off bigger
pieces, leaving a piece of swarf. *(Is that what a machining waste is
called) *Then run through other machines that bundles it up into pieces..
Not the way I thought it would be made at all.

Steve

Saw that. The machine looked to be about a hundred years old, and
still crankin' away. The swarf is tufted, like felt, puncturing a pile
of it repeatedly with barbed needles that pull the upper strands into
the lower.

This was one of the most fascinating (to me, anyway) episodes of "How
it's Made" - I NEVER would have guessed this process.

Now - I wonder if the process is at all similar for Shredded Wheat? I
suspect not, even though the end product looks similar.

"steamer" wrote in message
...
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

I don't know, but an 80+ yr old electrician who used to work for us said
"I'm not saying we do it as much as we used to, but when I put my hand on
that steel wool, I don't take no for an answer"

"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Imagine what I could do if
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : I knew what I was doing...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Change of a tool or for different grades.
Martin

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:10:44 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT, the renowned steamer
wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?
I'll avoid giving the obvious answer involving metallic ruminants...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_wool

Steel wool is made from low-carbon steel (low enough to be close to
plain iron). It is not made by drawing ”steel wool wire” through a
tapered die, but rather by a process more like broaching where a heavy
steel wire is pulled through a toothed die that removes a thin wire
shaving.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany


I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent
The current Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for
existence.
- It is NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only billionaires.
- It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties.
- It has foisted a liar as president upon America.
- It has violated US national sovereignty in trade treaties.
- It has refused to enforce the national borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.
Lorad474

On 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT, the infamous steamer
scrawled the following:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

It's either:

A) spun by special sheep raised in Pittsburgh, of course.

or

B) http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Steel-Wool.html

Take your choice.

--
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite
at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
--Ronald Reagan

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch
scrawled the following:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:10:44 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT, the renowned steamer
wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

I'll avoid giving the obvious answer involving metallic ruminants...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_wool

Steel wool is made from low-carbon steel (low enough to be close to
plain iron). It is not made by drawing ”steel wool wire” through a
tapered die, but rather by a process more like broaching where a heavy
steel wire is pulled through a toothed die that removes a thin wire
shaving.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany


I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent

From one of my favorite woodworking authors, Jeff Jewitt:
http://www.steelwool.biz/Steel_Wool_Stuff_to_know1.htm

--
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite
at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
--Ronald Reagan

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:30:14 -0700 (PDT), rangerssuck
wrote:

On Sep 13, 5:58*pm, "SteveB" wrote:
"steamer" wrote in message

...

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

--
* * * *"Steamboat Ed" Haas * * * * : *Imagine what I could do if
* * * *Hacking the Trailing Edge! *: *I knew what I was doing...
* * * * * * * * * * * * *www.nmpproducts.com
* * * * * * * * * ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Saw a episode on "How It's Made). *The metal is actually scraped off bigger
pieces, leaving a piece of swarf. *(Is that what a machining waste is
called) *Then run through other machines that bundles it up into pieces.
Not the way I thought it would be made at all.

Steve

Saw that. The machine looked to be about a hundred years old, and
still crankin' away. The swarf is tufted, like felt, puncturing a pile
of it repeatedly with barbed needles that pull the upper strands into
the lower.

This was one of the most fascinating (to me, anyway) episodes of "How
it's Made" - I NEVER would have guessed this process.

Now - I wonder if the process is at all similar for Shredded Wheat? I
suspect not, even though the end product looks similar.
I remember visiting a booth run by Nabisco at the CNE in, IIRC, 1947.
They had a machine set up producing shredded wheat biscuits, wheat,
softened slightly by boiling was fed through a meat grinder type
machine then extruded in strands in a sheet the proper width onto a
table which went back and forth until the proper thickness was built
up. This stack was then cut crosswise into biscuits which were then
dried by baking in an oven. Any scrap from cutting went back into the
hopper for re-processing. Everyone who watched the full demo was given
a sample package of two biscuits.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:10:44 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT, the renowned steamer
wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

I'll avoid giving the obvious answer involving metallic ruminants...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_wool

Steel wool is made from low-carbon steel (low enough to be close to
plain iron). It is not made by drawing ”steel wool wire” through a
tapered die, but rather by a process more like broaching where a heavy
steel wire is pulled through a toothed die that removes a thin wire
shaving.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany


I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent The current
Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for existence.
- It is NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only billionaires. -
It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties. - It has foisted a
liar as president upon America. - It has violated US national
sovereignty in trade treaties. - It has refused to enforce the national
borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.
Lorad474

You misspelled "Republican" there, Gunner.

--
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Let the Record show that steamer on or about 13
Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT did write/type or cause to appear in
rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

Sheep from the Iron Range?
-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:56 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:10:44 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 GMT, the renowned steamer
wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

I'll avoid giving the obvious answer involving metallic ruminants...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_wool

Steel wool is made from low-carbon steel (low enough to be close to
plain iron). It is not made by drawing ?steel wool wire? through a
tapered die, but rather by a process more like broaching where a heavy
steel wire is pulled through a toothed die that removes a thin wire
shaving.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany


I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent The current
Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for existence.
- It is NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only billionaires. -
It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties. - It has foisted a
liar as president upon America. - It has violated US national
sovereignty in trade treaties. - It has refused to enforce the national
borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.
Lorad474

You misspelled "Republican" there, Gunner.

If it applied to Republicans, I would have said Republicans, old sot.

Gunner


"Lenin called them "useful idiots," those people living in
liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support
to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that
would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked
passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us
today. Now the useful idiots can be found in the chorus of appeasement,
reflexive anti-Americanism, and sentimental idealism trying to inhibit
the necessary responses to another freedom-hating ideology, radical Islam"

Bruce C. Thornton, a professor of Classics at American University of Cal State Fresno

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 +0000, steamer wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

They shear robotic sheep.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:30:14 -0700, rangerssuck wrote:
On Sep 13, 5:58*pm, "SteveB" wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

Saw a episode on "How It's Made). *The metal is actually scraped off
bigger pieces, leaving a piece of swarf. *(Is that what a machining
waste is called) *Then run through other machines that bundles it up
into pieces. Not the way I thought it would be made at all.

Saw that. The machine looked to be about a hundred years old, and still
crankin' away. The swarf is tufted, like felt, puncturing a pile of it
repeatedly with barbed needles that pull the upper strands into the lower.

This was one of the most fascinating (to me, anyway) episodes of "How it's
Made" - I NEVER would have guessed this process.

Now - I wonder if the process is at all similar for Shredded Wheat? I
suspect not, even though the end product looks similar.

Probably extruded wheat paste.

OOps! According to Wiki:
"The wheat is first cooked in water until its moisture content reaches
about 50%. It is then tempered, allowing moisture to diffuse evenly into
the grain. The grain then passes through a set of rollers with grooves in
one side, yielding a web of shredded wheat strands. Many webs are stacked
together, and this moist stack of strands is crimped at regular intervals
to produce individual pieces of cereal with the strands attached at each
end."

Cheers!
Rich

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 +0000, steamer wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

No, but I heard that somebody once knitted a stove. ;-P

Cheers!
Rich

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:42:57 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:56 -0500, Tim Wescott
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:

I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent The current
Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for existence. - It is
NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only billionaires.
- It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties. - It has
foisted a liar as president upon America. - It has violated US national
sovereignty in trade treaties. - It has refused to enforce the national
borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.
Lorad474

You misspelled "Republican" there, Gunner.

If it applied to Republicans, I would have said Republicans, old sot.


They're essentially indistinguishable. They're both enemies of Liberty;
simply the two wings of the same statist bird.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

"Rich Grise" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:36:27 +0000, steamer wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

No, but I heard that somebody once knitted a stove. ;-P

Cheers!
Rich


LOL!

--
Ed Huntress

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:35:21 -0700, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian
wrote:

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:42:57 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:56 -0500, Tim Wescott
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:

I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent The current
Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for existence. - It is
NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only billionaires.
- It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties. - It has
foisted a liar as president upon America. - It has violated US national
sovereignty in trade treaties. - It has refused to enforce the national
borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.
Lorad474

You misspelled "Republican" there, Gunner.

If it applied to Republicans, I would have said Republicans, old sot.


They're essentially indistinguishable. They're both enemies of Liberty;
simply the two wings of the same statist bird.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

The opinion of a "dreaded Libertarian" is noted with amused contempt.




Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:06:18 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:35:21 -0700, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:42:57 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:56 -0500, Tim Wescott
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:

I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent The current
Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for existence. - It
is NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only
billionaires. - It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties.
- It has foisted a liar as president upon America. - It has violated
US national sovereignty in trade treaties. - It has refused to
enforce the national borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.

You misspelled "Republican" there, Gunner.

If it applied to Republicans, I would have said Republicans, old sot.

They're essentially indistinguishable. They're both enemies of Liberty;
simply the two wings of the same statist bird.

The opinion of a "dreaded Libertarian" is noted with amused contempt.


"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which
is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man
in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to
investigation."
--HERBERT SPENCER

Hope This Helps!
Rich

"Richard the Dreaded Libertarian" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:06:18 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:35:21 -0700, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:42:57 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:56 -0500, Tim Wescott
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:

I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent The current
Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for existence. - It
is NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only
billionaires. - It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties.
- It has foisted a liar as president upon America. - It has violated
US national sovereignty in trade treaties. - It has refused to
enforce the national borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.

You misspelled "Republican" there, Gunner.

If it applied to Republicans, I would have said Republicans, old sot.

They're essentially indistinguishable. They're both enemies of Liberty;
simply the two wings of the same statist bird.

The opinion of a "dreaded Libertarian" is noted with amused contempt.


"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which
is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man
in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to
investigation."
--HERBERT SPENCER

Hope This Helps!
Rich

Oooh, I like that tagline. It explains a lot about this NG. g

--
Ed Huntress

On Sep 16, 2:03*pm, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian
wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:06:18 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:35:21 -0700, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:42:57 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:56 -0500, Tim Wescott
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:00 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:

I always wondered why steel wool has sharp edges than is "round" as
would be found by pulling through a die. Excellent The current
Democratic party has lost its ideological basis for existence. - It
is NOT fiscally responsible.
- It is NOT ethically honorable.
- It has started wars based on lies.
- It does not support the well-being of americans - only
billionaires. - It has suppresed constitutional guaranteed liberties.
- It has foisted a liar as president upon America. - It has violated
US national sovereignty in trade treaties. - It has refused to
enforce the national borders.

...It no longer has valid reasons to exist.

You misspelled "Republican" there, Gunner.

If it applied to Republicans, I would have said Republicans, old sot.

They're essentially indistinguishable. They're both enemies of Liberty;
simply the two wings of the same statist bird.

The opinion of a "dreaded Libertarian" is noted with amused contempt.

*"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which
* is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man
* in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to
* investigation."
* *--HERBERT SPENCER

Hope This Helps!
Rich

There certainly is a lot of that going on around here, isn't there.

rangerssuck wrote:
On Sep 16, 2:03 pm, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian

(...)
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which
is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man
in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to
investigation."
--HERBERT SPENCER

Hope This Helps!
Rich

There certainly is a lot of that going on around here, isn't there.

Yes, except for the 'investigation' part.

--Winston

steamer wrote:

--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?


Sheared from really bhaaaaaaaaaaaad assed sheep? ;-)


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
steamer wrote:
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?


Sheared from really bhaaaaaaaaaaaad assed sheep? ;-)




You rang???

cavelamb wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
steamer wrote:
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?


Sheared from really bhaaaaaaaaaaaad assed sheep? ;-)



You rang???


I sure did. BTW, there is someone on another newsgroup posting in
what she calls 'Sheepeze'.


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
cavelamb wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
steamer wrote:
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool made?
Anyone know?

Sheared from really bhaaaaaaaaaaaad assed sheep? ;-)


You rang???


I sure did. BTW, there is someone on another newsgroup posting in
what she calls 'Sheepeze'.



And mighty fine wool she is, too!

Sheep with lots of iron in their diet.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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"steamer" wrote in message
...
--Got to ruminatin' this morning; how the heck is steel wool
made?
Anyone know?

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Imagine what I could
do if
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : I knew what I was
doing...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---