Roy Ubu

My preference is not to have more to deal with than necessary. Get air under one end of the fuel and it goes well. Both ends elevated does not transfer many more Btu's to the thermal mass eg the masonry of the stove, so I figure, why get more elements involved? 

Hardware old and new.

Greenhouse screen, closer counterweight. Half round stock from shoeing days.

Greenhouse door.

Looks like the egg is on the anvil.

I do have a pizza oven, attached to the front of the shop. Thanks for teaching me the term..."rooker" I like it.

Where...how would you assemble this rail? Where would it break? If you didn't mount it in one piece, would you have to use a big torch and forge some of it in place? Maybe it goes together like a puzzle. Gotta go back and take a closer look.

Really like some of your ideas. Keep them coming. It's the way many of us learn.

I will post some other shots of the iron work around and in the building. The Scheepsvaarthuis was built around 1914, so right near that art nouveau time. The work was part of what was called the "Amsterdam School" and was distinctive from art nouveau forging in Belgium and Paris. The more than 200 bridges in Amsterdam have some really interesting work in the form of railings and lamp posts, done in big stock with big tools. An interesting book could be written with a little research in one of the nicest towns in Europe.

This is from the Schepsvaarthuis, the headquarters of several rich shipping companies around the turn of the century. Now an expensive hotel. Not far from the main railroad station in Amsterdam.