Bryce Masuk

Usually i go little past straw for tempering I had a problem with chipping chisels and snapping punches untill i let them go a bit darker even blue is alright for some uses

Im really thinking i need a platen table or something similar time to get a cnc plasma so I can make it

yes I searched and noticed your interesting jig my friend i like it perhaps you can give me an idea of its size for my own purposes

Yeah it seems to me I am always missing something, i would have figured that is made using a jig but i guess i am just not on that level yet. so typically one would first make all the frames then begin bending and fitting the pieces into the frame? this is some thing I really want to progress my ability in merely because I havent had the chance to do it and I want to see what I can do and how much I can improve it within the next couple months. I am a fairly good welder so I have been practicing joinery everyday to make myself more well rounded, im hoping i can make a few more elaborate panels then the simple things i have made in the past

Thanks Frosty, I work as a fabricator and they company I work for is become more and work concerned with production we make gates and railings and such but they are just straight bars for the most part, For me its fairly obvious about some parts of what you mentioned, such as wastage and figuring out how to get the most out of what you have and figuring it out on a calculator from your cut list. the process method also makes sence as typically I make all my frames and tack everything in place finish all the work and then fully weld everything at the end I have worked in a production machine shop as well but when it comes to blacksmithing I honestly try to do everything entirely by hand, I dont even have a scroll jig because i try to prevent myself from using them in order to better understand the material and its nature. I know I am missing the core idea's of repetive paneling which honestly I know I cant do yet because I havent done it so just for example because I was talking to this fellow yesterday and realized that his skill in this type of blacksmithing is far beyond my own and perhaps someone could explain how one might make all the different jigs that they themselves use for this kind of work I wouldnt steal anyones design to use in actuallity but at this moment i dont have a 100% clear idea of what i want yet but i am almost there I also want to draw it on the computer so everyone can see what it is clearly and also so the design will be quite consistant

how do the true professionals set themselves up make many of the designs that are so common in wrought iron style work? doing it all entirely by hand would be quite the slow process and it may not give the same desired look making many jigs of sorts ensuring accurate measurements of scrolls and such? what do you do personally I would like to hear it to further my own idea's of how I should be doing it