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Twenty and Done !!!
forgemonkey
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Architect from Aspen, CO. sent me a rough sketch for 19 rustic latches to go on sliding library doors, eight foot high, in a big house. And he had to have them in two days ,,,,,,, Cha-ching at $$$$ each. Done in a long day. Love doing small commission work ,,,,,, to old to swing a three pound hammer all day, but I miss it.
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Nice work, quite a talent.
Pretty cool looking, great job forge, you earned it!
I'd wager that setting the two staples may have been the hard part. The bar might be simple: just two punch through/spreads and a curl.
I'm not a forger (either kind) but I have watched Forged in Fire.
Nice work! The hooks you made for me are still holding stuff. The S hooks are by far the prettiest we have and we have more than a few. They stay indoors.
Actually the u-shaped pieces were easy. The are not staples. The two holes in the bar are ‘slit’ and pass through, and forging the end to a slight taper. And a ‘scroll’ on the end as opposed to a curl.
You can buy that stuff at Home Depot for like a dollar. And they will ship it in seven gallons of packing peanuts. I know how much you love packing peanuts.😁
Shore looks purty. What finish is that? Is it oil rubbed?
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Thanks for clarifying the terms, good sir. I think I got the methods right on the bar, just not the proper words.
How do you set the U-shaped pieces in the bases? Rivet the ends?
The U-shaped pieces are heated yellow hot, placed upside down in a leg vise and the bar dropped over them. The holes are countersunk on the backside. The hot ends are upset causing the metal to expand into the holes, with just enough protruding to form a flat rivet on the reverse side.
Shhhh ,,,,,, don’t tell anybody,,,,,,, the architect payed $85 each.
Did you get the package ??
It would be good if you could take on an apprentice who would want to learn & let him swing the hammer.
Very fine work there Forge!! I have great admiration for arts and skills that are mostly long forgotten!
Yup, I got it.
We taught classes at the shop, not too many youngsters/younger adults want to work that hard.
Interesting ,,,,,, the women definitely enjoyed the artistic part.
I am envious of your skills, Bill. Mighty damn impressive. Nice of the architect to give you a little lead time!
I used to hate working with architects. They all seemed like 'pie-in-the-sky' types with no real clue how things really happen here on Earth.
Rocky ,,,,,, below is one hell of a ‘Smith’ with her ‘striker’ ,,,,,,
Yup, just how I envisioned you did it. I wonder if you couldn't vise it and drop the bar over the U before heating the ends. Too much heat transfer? I'm just trying to imagine getting that bar over the U quickly enough if you heated the U first.
As I said, though, I'm not a 'smith. It fascinates me; I just know little to nothing about it.
you can’t heat the ends of the U in the coal forge if it’s in the vice. Still plenty of heat to upset the ends. You are working fast, but not as fast as forge welding. And you can’t stop when forge welding, even if molten * jumps between your palm and hammer. My hands and arms are testament to airborne ‘juicy’ molten metal.
Yeah ,,,,, we use the architect plans to light the forge ,,,,,,,🤣
I was thinking that you could heat the U ends with a torch. Coal forge does alter my mind's plan.
Anyway, kudos for your work and you have my admiration. I hope the artsy-tect uses you again soon.
Very awesome job, Forge!
Pretty cool work there, Monkey. WTG
Cracked me up !!!!!!
Earned a promote.
19 in one day amazes me! Good one.
Oh! So you've worked with architects too!?