Making toroids

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Original poster: "tmoore by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tmoore-at-erie-dot-net>

   Hi everyone I have been trying to make a toroid made out of aluminum or
some thing similar. I have access to my schools wood and metal shops,  so
what I planed on doing is to take a block of wood and spin it down on the
wood lathe in to a toroid shape.  After I was finished doing that I was
going to make a mold and cast it in the foundry.  That should work out
pretty well, but the thing is that it might be heavy and the surface might
not be perfect so I will have to buff it up a ton.  Some of the machines I
have access to are some milling machines, 1/2 a dozen metal and 1 wood
lathe,  a mig and a arc welder, a band saw, a planer, a jointer, a table
saw, a power miter box and a foundry as well as a few others.  So if any of
you have tips and suggestions on how I could go about fabricating a good
toroid I am all ears.  Thank you very much.


Sincerely,
Nolan Moore