Anyone here know how the professionals make the decorative profiles on zinc countertops - like as seen in the link below?
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OT: Metal countertops - edge profiling?
Nov 28, 2009
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I would hazard to guess that they use a press with minimal hydraulics. An even more hazardous guess is that they use a pair of matched rollers that the sheet moves through. Kerry
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I would hazard to guess that they use a press with minimal hydraulics.
I would hazard to guess that they use a press with minimal hydraulics.
An even more hazardous guess is that they use a pair of matched rollers that the sheet moves through. Kerry
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Rolling edge press - Something like a tire that rolls and presses the light metal into a backing form that pushes out while the front roller presses inward.
Long strips can be made from a continuous strip from a long roll. Zinc isn't hard stuff. It is soft and can be creased by a fingernail.
Think old time zinc carbon battery. Tomato acid and other kitchen acids will etch it - so it must be for display.
Mart> Anyone here know how the professionals make the decorative profiles on
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:03:20 -0800 (PST), the infamous Jay Pique scrawled the following:
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days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.
Probably the same way they make seamless gutters.
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