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Whatcha got behind the offsets? Tenons? Attractive piece!

Thanks Dave, exactly the info I needed. Jamie

That hammer looks tight. Nice price. Any repairs?

Nice YD! The gates are elegant. Terriffic upsets on the big bars. Thanks for the shot of the delivery rig, love seeing that kind of thing.

Anyone have any info on usage, suppliers, cons? thanks Jamie

Sounds like maybe a burnout job. Or a burnt out smith. Well done man!

Around here they used to shore up the river banks with old cars. I kayak a bunch and have found some neat stuff. Abandoned bridges usually hold some good metal as well. All kinds of junk finds its way into the watercourse.

The rail looks sweet and fits well with the woodcarving. Segmentation can be a strong design element. The mounts are great too, but the simple fullered bar is very attractive. Still not sure why you prefer a single blow over the tap tap tap of the blue hammer? You could make a shorter spring fuller real quick. Thanks for sharing.

Can we see some pics of the parts you were making with your tooling? Thanks. Why were you using the single blow hammer and not the large blue one?

sold! Looks like it's gonna get a workout.

DD - Yup, biggie knows whats up. The wood chips have a lot to do with the end result. When I was doing a lot of my tests there was a sweet woodshop on site and I used shavings from the woodturners. Something like sawdust makes a tighter pattern. Varigated is the right word for the results. Really pretty stuff. I wanna say it looks a little like marble but maybe more "speckally". Not sure if that is what you are looking for. In any case, here is a link to the bible-- http://www.amazon.com/Colouring-Bronzing-Patination-Metals/dp/0823007626 If you have a lot of time you could always pee on the piece and see what happens!

sent you a message.

Just a guess but I bet FEDEX would do it for maybe $35. Let me know....

What colors are you going for, what chem's are you going to use? Used to do a bunch of patination. I really liked using wood shavings as media. Good luck.

We are both in northwest Montana.

Spins well. A little noise. $40 plus shipping seem fair?

I think I made a decent shop rate.($100+ an hour). I was younger and would like to say dumber but....I was younger.

Sweet wing. What's the patina? Any chance of some close-ups? The tree looks tight. Sorry about the bird.

Yup, the latch is on the left. I put some sort of sliding bolt in the hollow frame. There's a spot for a simple padlock as well. If I remember right I clad the masterlock in some banged up metal so it wasn't a big ole shiner. Kinda put a skirt on it. By the way, architects love the word "clad". I would have liked to used solid material and traditional joinery and the whole nine, but the budget was,ummm, kind of weak. So we have to make do with what we get, right? Thanks for the questions.

DB The frame is hollow. I used 1" square tubing and made power hammer spring dies to form and texture 1/8 by 1" strips to "clad" the frame. I say form because you know how square tube has those rounded corners? I made the dies so they would sink the material into a very shallow U shape. Then they got welded(electric) on. Worked surprisingly well.

There were two of these. Did them all myself. I remember it got heavy near the end. Jamie

http://www.studiojewelerswi.com/Featured%20Artists/Fred%20Fenster/Fred%20Fenster.html Heres a link to one of the pewter masters. This thread is making me want to order up some grey metal.

How does the aluminium bench top help with warpage?

Pewter is rad. Not many of the usual rules apply. It work softens. You can cast it on your stovetop into a paper form. It will weld with a jewelers (plumbers) torch. Pewter will ooze into press dies. So fun. Gotta reinforce those rims though, its super flimsy. Some round rod soldered onto your cup's rim would help. You can use plumbers solder.

Thanks. Its pretty handy as a backing block for rivets/tenons on rails and such. Most of the time it serves as a stool for the treadle on my hammer. Always thought it had a portable anvil job as its so "right" to pick up and move. I guess a weight that was frequently moved would have the same design purposes.