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MartyG

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Spinning a Kettle
« on: October 15, 2013, 12:41:19 PM »
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!
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Jocool

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Re: Spinning a Kettle
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2013, 01:16:02 PM »
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?
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Chasing_smoke

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Spinning a Kettle
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2013, 03:29:05 PM »
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. 
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Craig

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Re: Spinning a Kettle
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2013, 06:41:04 PM »
Thanks for sharing that Marty! That really is cool to see how that's done.
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saxart

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Re: Spinning a Kettle
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2013, 06:47:42 PM »
I agree, nice share!   ;)
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CSimon2

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Re: Spinning a Kettle
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2013, 08:25:42 PM »
That was cool! Thanks for sharing! Anyone else notice the naked lady posters in the background? Hehe!

Chuck
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glrasmussen

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Re: Spinning a Kettle
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2013, 08:52:06 PM »
Quote from: CSimon2 on October 16, 2013, 08:25:42 PM
That was cool! Thanks for sharing! Anyone else notice the naked lady posters in the background? Hehe!

Chuck

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