David Kailey

your welcome to come and see my shop and bank some iron anytime. I actually just got back today from Duvall wa I bought a 2007 110 big blu power hammer, so I am setting that up tomorrow. David Kailey 509-413-9727

Here are a couple table top/ mantel candle holders I threw together. Dragonfly........... Curly dimple leaf

Man, Every other trade that happens, house builders, bakers, wood carvers, restaurants, I have made some stuff that i have taken from things on the net I am honest and tell the customer that I got the design from another smith. I would probably not be offering the item right next to the smith down the street who i know is making them. However, If they bring you a plan or picture and ask you to make it........ Just make it. smithing has been here for a long time. nobody is coming up with "new stuff" for petes sake we have forgotten more about blacksmithing then we know about it.

I wouldnt pay more then Scrap price because it is just a matter of time and that it what your going to have. I would think that that anvil has issues all thru out the whole thing, its got the cancer!!!!!. Rhino 240lb is $1250.00 life time warranty. i have one and love it. Your just wasting your money anything over scrape price.

So I had seen wedge joints on fences in Virginia City Montana and actually took some apart while cutting a tree out of a ladies yard, I remember I was pretty wowed by it. So when I started smithing it had been on my mind. So I made my slitter, drift, fuller, and swedge and made a simple project to test the waters. Here is my result. I did make the wedge part of the "tail" cause it seemed like it could be so much more then a wedge. lol So here are all the tools I made and my project.

Here are some lights i made, 6 in total. they were 29" tall be 17" wide and weighed about 80lbs Had to had forge over 250 pieces. 6 sided with the back 3 sides solid so no direct light shines into the Gazebo.

It is on carpet. However if pads were needed i would drill and tap holes to screw in a pad and apply felt to the bottom. Or you can mill 50% of the bottom which would give you a 3/8" X 1" area to adhear a felt bad.

it is avalible as an add on for $1400 plus shipping. lol

Angie's Foot Stool Created: 1/16/14 Materials: Black Walnut, Iron, 3/8 round rod Weight: 6 pounds So I was visiting my wife at her work and noticed that Angie, one of the ladies my wife works with, had her feet on top of about a 4" box filled with catalogs of some sort. After asking why, Angie, slightly red in the face told me how she feels more comfortable at times with her feet elevated. Not sure, but this injustice seemed to bug me, most likely the OCD going from 0 to 100, so I said, " I can fix that!!!!" like somekind of low buget super hero. 3 months later!!!!?---- sorry none of my "super hero" powers has anything related to speed. I have a few slabs of 2" and 3.5" black walnut so I cut a 12"x18" block from the 2" slab. I then cut some lengths of 3/8 round bar 10.5" long. 4" from the end of the rod I started to draw the rod out to a taper until it was 6" long. After both tapers where drawn out the rod was 15.5" in length. As my usual habit I textured the full length with heavy hammer blows using the corners of the hammer and horn to drive deep dents in the iron. I know, I know, but I love hammer marks, they are raw, bold, and beautiful. Its my piece so I get to do what I like--------- Hammer that thing!!!!! O yah it happened, just like that!!! Ok,,,,,, to much caffine maybe, moving on...... I then folded the rod in half lining up the ends, bent them at 120 degrees, formed the scrolls together and curved the tips out in lines that flowed nicely. I drove the iron down on to my hardie hole cutter to split the 2 ends apart again, placed it in the vice and bent the scrolled ends away from one another until the lines formed a 45 degree angle that would accommodate the corners of the walnut slab. I created some flat areas, and punched some mounting holes, wire brushed, and treated with bee's wax. Due to the fact that shoes will be placed on the item all the time, I treated the wood like the iron. I melted bee's wax and dripped it all over the wood and used a heat gun to melt it, which allowed the wood to soak up the wax, wiped off the excess, screwed the legs on, a little grinding to get it to sit with no wobbling and a foot stool we have. Angie was very thankful, and put it to use right away!

So I already have a huge pile of those sitting behind my shop!?!?!?!?!?!?! lol

Thanks Frank. and all I contacted a lock smith and i think i am headed in a direction that should get me there.

I have been contacted by a client to make an 18" door handle with a thumb latch and a deadbolt and a knob on the inside. But he wants modern internal parts any one recommend some door handle hardware that i can toss the plate and handle but use the guts?

This is another up-cycle project. Starting with a piece of wrought iron from the early 1900's that was shipped from Egypt to the US in the 80's. The top is an up-cycled piece of oak from a shelf behind a bar. So I am converting it in to a patio bar. I have cut the ends and bent them at a 60 degree angles and started to add some iron for the foot bar and to get the bar top at the correct height. I will add some detail work to fill the gap from the bottom of the bar top and the top of the railing. I will continue to add photos as I build it. The railing is wonderful, no welding on it at all, 100% rivet. Well until now. lol You can follow this project on my website. http://www.morganjadeironworks.com/project/18/egyptian-wrought-iron-railing-up-cycle-to-a-patio-bar

The disc has a square hole in the middle so i welded all the stems on the bottom. The piece also has a front and back so for stability I were the stems cross i welded the botton side on the back of the piece.

so i got a shop for $700.00 a month which was $500.00 cheaper then what they were asking for. Sounds great right?? Well with in a block we have harbor fright, napa, hardware, a chocolate factory and...... A SCRAP YARD!!!!!!! The scrap yard alone probly cost me the $500.00 i save in rent. But i have a dream pile of scrap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!