Sam Salvati Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 You guys keep asking me to see some of the stuff I make at work. Here is a railing me and the other guys at the shop have been working on for the past 5 or so months (not steadily, a couple days a week). I forged all the cap rail, all the knife/scythe shaped elements, and all the round bits on the end of the 3/8" bar, and made all the rings. The dots on the end of the 3/8" were all doubled over then forge welded, so they are 3/4" round and about 1/4"-3/8" thick, all the forged elements are 5/8ths round. The forged elements all have real knife geometries, thicker spines to the inside of the curves, edges to the outside. The lamb's tongue end was forged by my other boss Tim. The railing was designed by my boss Rachel, I forged everything to her designs. Everything is to code also (what a nightmare that was). all the 3/8" bar was dimpled wherever it criss crosses and was silver soldered by the other guys, everything else was Tig welded by the other guys Joe and Frank. It was a very fun and interesting, challenging as well! 9 panels in all, total of just under 31 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Cool rail Sam, very interesting design I like the combination of organic and geometric, almost looks like a site scope through the bush... That corner coming down the stairs is a difficult problem to resolve, nice job. I would say if you spend the time to do such a nice job on the rail I would concentrate on a different connection to the floor it will clean it up and take it to the next level. I try to hide the connections I don't want people to see and exaggerate the one I do want them to notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Nice work Sam. Excellent design and execution.I bet your bosses are very happy to have you working for them.As they say"Good help is hard to find"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jura T Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Quite thin looking railing , actually so thin, that I had to use Google to magnify the pictures (you didn't ask your bosses before posting?). I like it, neat looking design and very nice execution. What kind if a finish did you use on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Why can't I see the pics?? Or rather, where are the pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Why can't I see the pics?? Or rather, where are the pics? I think that sam may have forgot to post the pictures and the other guys are just fooling around sam can you try posting the pictures again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jura T Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Sam did post the pictures, but had to remove them for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 thought it was just me.... would like to see the railings tho sam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Inquiring minds would like to see!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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