Spinning a Kettle

[MartyG]

Lot's of talk at the Chicago meetup about spinning vs. stamping kettles. Thought you would like to see metal spinning in action, so here's a YouTube showing a huge kettle shape being spun. It's like a mega-ranch. Imagine how many wings you could get on this baby!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lngQrtOJLOk

Check the related videos for a look at each stage in the process. Very cool. Warren mentioned that Weber would mount his blanks to a lathe like this and roll the edges to be sure of a tight seal. I would love to see videos of that!

[Jocool]

Pretty cool. Seems like a fair bit of work goes into them. I had no idea it would be that labour intensive. So were the Kettle's spun up by hand as well, or is there an automated process for it?

[Chasing_smoke]

Incredible! That guys hand is extremely close to the spinning metal too. Really cool craftsmanship going into that. No wonder a kettle lasts as long as it does. 

[Craig]

Thanks for sharing that Marty! That really is cool to see how that's done.

[saxart]

I agree, nice share!   

[CSimon2]

That was cool! Thanks for sharing! Anyone else notice the naked lady posters in the background? Hehe!

Chuck

[glrasmussen]

That was cool! Thanks for sharing! Anyone else notice the naked lady posters in the background? Hehe!

Chuck