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David Kailey

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    http://www.morganjadeironworks.com/

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    Spokane,wa
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    Drawing, designing, smithing, it is pretty much all i do lately.

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  1. David Kailey
    Yes. Lol. And I still have another few hundred to forge for the panels that will run down the sides between the posts.
  2. David Kailey
    For a customer. I had help 2 day. Pretty much been packing the trusses solo. Lol. The last 2 weren't to bad. But it was quite a solo production moving the bigger ones around. No hoist equipment.
  3. David Kailey
    This is a set of trusses for a pergola. All of the fillagree in the field using 3/8" round rod. 7 diffrent scrolls where used. There was a ton of fit and finish work. The truss sit on a 4"x4"x1/4" beam supported by 4-6"x6"x1/4" @ 7ft tall. The pergola is 12' wide 15' tall. There are sides and 2 gates. Which will be the next phase.
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  5. David Kailey
    Powder coating on the rail, and clear coating on the copper. I have to water him down every 30 min in the summer. winter just once but he freezes up pretty quick.
  6. David Kailey
    pickets are tube. less weight and cost. the baskets are $1.68 each so I just buy them to meet budget. I do forge them but i charge $ 12 each cause I can only forge 8 an hour.
  7. David Kailey
    Used a rivet set I made years back then drilled a hole the same size of the set thru a 2 x 4 x 4 steel chunk I had and then poked the set thru and welded it. Then I put my 140lb soaking wet apprentice behind that. Lol
  8. David Kailey
    Here are some photos of the railing before it shipped.
  9. David Kailey
    Yah Frosty..... that round rod is a different animal.
  10. David Kailey
    If no Smith ever copied another's design there would be no smiths. Some items there is just no way to no copy RR spike knife. RR bottle opener. Coat hooks, corbels, drawer pulls, nail, rose, ....... ect. I make whatever the customer asked for. If they show me a design they like I will make it. Any Smith that says he has never copied another Smith's design is delusional or a liar.
  11. David Kailey
    Yep that's what I do. But I usually weld the ends together.
  12. David Kailey
    2" truck axel and tolls used to forge the positive positive welded to flat bar and left cold. a 2" block of mild steel was headed up and the positive was hammered into the block forming g the negative. copper disc placed on the lower hammer die and the open die is placed over the top of it. This is done because the disc can hop around which when the hammer comes down can mess it up by double stamping or even just flat smashing the copper cause its half in and half out of the die. copper discs forged in the open die and then cleaned up with a wire wheel.
  13. David Kailey
    About 1650 parts. Took me about 50 hrs just to break the material down using my bandsaw and chop saw. 4 types of pickets: straight, single and double baskets, double twist 14 diffrent pattern scrolls forged using my scroll forms totaling over 650. 18 hand forged formed scrolls. And about 700 hours.
  14. David Kailey
    Satin hammered black powder coating. And every where you see what looks like a washer an open die forged copper flower will be riveted.
  15. David Kailey
    Flow. When I start sketching it out, it very light and as I get the designs flow dialed in I slowly darken it up. I do this because some times I need to extend the curve, make a scroll smaller or larger. I some times draw it over a few times. Also I use samples of scrolls that I already have forms built for. No point in reinventing the wheel...... or scroll. Also I lightly coat my fab table with satin black paint to darken it up which helps make it easier to see the soap stone I draw with.
  16. David Kailey
    nice job!
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