Re: Making toroids

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

I really don't know very much about metal spinning but if your going to make
peice of wood into a toroid shape then maybe you could use that as a form for
spun aluminum toroids? 

Mark 

In a message dated 1/4/02 9:51:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
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>   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. 
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> Sincerely, 
> Nolan Moore