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This is a discussion on Gate within the Blacksmithin' forums, part of the Blacksmithing category; So I spent this past weekend at Jerry Culberson's last ever blacksmithing class, learning how to make a traditional gate ...
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11-19-2008, 11:25 PM
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So I spent this past weekend at Jerry Culberson's last ever blacksmithing class, learning how to make a traditional gate using mortis and tenon. IT IS A LOT OF WORK!!! It took me all weekend just to forge out 4 tenon's and slit and drift 4 mortis's for the frame. I used 5/8" x 1 1/8" stock. Much of the time was spent tweaking and fixing my mistakes but it was a weekend well spent. Now all I have to do is create the inner pieces. I'm planning on a dog motif, with a couple of flat bar vertical pieces with some dog prints stamped into them and after I learn how and make the tools to do it, dog heads of the tops of the frame . Nothing like a challenge!
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11-20-2008, 12:29 AM
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And I think punching and drifting a couple of holes for screws is a lot of work!! Looking absolutely great and worth the effort.
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11-20-2008, 10:13 AM
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Thanks Rob, it a good start and I think the finished product will be good to but I guess we'll see when I actually get it finished.
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11-20-2008, 12:06 PM
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yep, looks great! I get the impression that kind of work takes a lot of tooling monkey tools, chisels, punches, and drifts all for different sizes of stock
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11-20-2008, 12:46 PM
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The course "be seated" held by Jay Burnham Kidwell is a great traditional joinery course, he speaks to square tenons as a better way than round, as they seat and do not move, the tooling is a big part of the process, but once you have made them, the sky is the limit, I like working with the big stock like you did, well done, it inspires me to start on the one my wife wants. Glad she does not read this!!
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11-20-2008, 01:50 PM
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Looking good! Surprising how much work it is huh and to think in the days before power hammers blacksmiths did it all by hand! Bb |
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11-20-2008, 03:44 PM
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What I need now are butchers and side sets, flatter and monkey tools. It was hard enough with having Jerry's tools available but with none of those in my possession it will slow things down considerably. I think I'll try to make at least the butcher and the monkey tools from stock on hand but the side sets and flat sets I don't think I have stock for. A cheese fuller would be good too! Guess I need to get to some conferences and hope someone has some of these available!
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11-20-2008, 04:27 PM
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Nice work Larry. Lots of it of course but most satisfying. I agree, you need more tools and equipment. Tell your wife I said so if it'll help. Frosty
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11-20-2008, 08:30 PM
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