Friday, August 13, 2010
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Decorative Railing
Here is some branch railing. All Forged and worked to create a natural look. The branches drawn out to point on a 1905 power hammer that was originally designed to sharpen plow disc's. Then finished up with hand hammering and shaping. The leaves heated in the forge then brought out to roll the stem by hand then vanes put in on my home made treadle hammer and finished off with hand working them to shape and texture.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
spiral staircases
This First one is here in Howard Co. with hand made twisted rope made from 4 pieces of 1/2 inch solid round stock then twisted by hand.
This was the latest of 3 spirals I did in Telluride this one is 115 inches from floor to floor. The customer requested the treads polished and the finish to be satin clear. This one had a 1 5/8 inch hammered tube handrail which I hammered on my 80lb air hammer then filled it with sand and bent it to the shape we needed for the spiral. Also got a collar on every 5th baluster to break up the vertical bar look.
The Horizontal design was are first in Telluride and it got the twisted rope for the handrail which is 4- 1/2 inch round solid bars that we heat up in the forge then twist by hand (good exercise) then bend to the shape of the spiral.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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