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When the groove is cut it is time to begin shaping the steel ring that the
groove was made for… I use soft cold rolled steel that I can bend with my
hands. I also use a hammer to shape the ring…
I use the groove it’s self to bend the ring as much as I can but the ends
will not go. I cut the excess off and begin to bring it into shape with a
hammer. I then lay the ring against a large block of wood and hit the steel with
the hammer in the area that lies between the corner of the block of wood and the
table. I do this working all of the way around. This takes out all of the flat
spots and starts creating the roundness…
Hammer in the location of the arrow. This will round out the flat spots and
create the round shape needed. Continue over the entire ring. The more you do
here the better the shape with be in the end. Go back over it again once welded.
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