DonS Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I recently crated up a dragon to ship to a friend as a Christmas present. The dragon apparently did not enjoy being caged up. Here are some photos. Happy New Year to all those on the forgeiron site! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 That's pretty cool Don. Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny O Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Well done Don! Thank you for the play by play, and a Happy New Year to you as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beslagsmed Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Fantastic work. Must have take many hours to complete the set. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnesBeast Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 How were the limbs attached? Hole punched and then insert limb and forge the second hand/foot or two pieces heat shrunk into same hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonS Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hi urnesBeast. The body has a 5/16 hole punched for the arms, a 1/8 x 5/8 slot for the wings and another 5/16 hole for the legs. The arms are made out of one piece of 5/16 round with a flat area in the middle fullered cold. Same for the legs. The cold arm and leg rods are pushed through the hot body and then the body is squeezed down onto the flat parts of the rod to keep the rod from sliding out or turning. The wings have long tennons on them and they pass thru the slot in the (cold)body. The ends are then wrapped around the body, trimmed to length and pushed down tight to hide the ends. One tennon wraps over the body, and the other goes under the body to form what looks like a collar. If you do this part hot, you can texture the "collar" and blend it into the body. If you make the end of the tennon too long, it won't be tight. If you make it too short, you can heat it with a torch and draw it out a bit longer using a slender cross-pein hammer (auto body hammer) until it touches the other wing. The wings are made out of 0.060 inch sheet, so two tennons just fit a 0.125 inch slot. After that, I do the hands and feet. They are hard to fit into my small propane forge at that point, but a coal forge works well for that kind of work. -Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnewberry Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnesBeast Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Thank you. It seems like you could do one hand and one foot before insertion and closing so that you have less awkward work to do. Will have to try one of these soon! thanks, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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