Ian Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Well, the Dr's said I needed to start stretching the repaired tendons a bit so I have. Suffering for it, but it's the best cause I can think of to suffer for. Hope you enjoy, comments as always most welcome. IAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Bryan Morgan Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Ian, your work with a messed up hand is better than mine with good hands any day. I really like that butterfly. Very elegant curves. And that frog is cute as a button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 ian i didnt know what happened to your hand?? i hope its nothing long term ....? the work looks beautiful however and you would not have known there was anything wrong!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Great looking work, Ian. Glad to see that your form of PT is forging. Good luck, but don't over do it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 The frog is cool. Do you just cut the shape then forge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Ian, I'm so glad that you have been given a green light to start up again. That is a great way to exercise your hand when done in moderation. They are so cool! I agree fully with Bryan. Your hand rehab work is better than my healthy work. Keep it up and you'll be back to full speed in no time. Try not to cut your hand off again please. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny O Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Nice frog, I was contemplating , after gazing at the frog, that maybe one could be made from angle iron, I will give it a shot . Thank you for the inspiration! Congratulations on returning to the work you were so destined to do, keep up the rehab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Very nice work Ian! My daughter has been bugging me for a butterfly, I might have to borrow your idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Elegant butterfly, graceful snail, leaping tree frog, screws, terrible, yeah, most likely just temporary, I sure hope so! Actually the ones for the frogs eyes looked pretty good but the one on his butt was just wrong! I hope that at least they were stainless steel going into the tree and not plain steel or ones with any coating. I remember when I was a young lad the tree surgeon I worked for hated folk who drove any nail into a tree because it started rot and death for the tree and coated nails were just as bad or worse so when bolting trees together for added strength we used stainless steel, no rot there. Any way maybe a counter sunk screw for frog's butt and align the slot to run fore and aft. Use the same idea for the snail and maybe some hand made decorative nails for the butterfly. It's good to see the results of your physical therapy looking so fine! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Thanks guys The frog was entirely chisel cut out of a bit of 2 inch by 2 inch by 1/4 inch angle iron. Only bit of 'forging' per say was to flatten it out from 90 degree's. I didn't want to use any visible screws in any of the pieces apart from in the frogs eyes, but it's what I had available to mount them securely. All on public display at the Farm so they have to be as solidly fixed as possible. When I can I'll make the countersinks etc needed to clean them up. Glad you all like them though. Beth, there's another post regarding my injury floating about, it's not pretty though! Nearly took off my right thumb... It's getting better though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Falcon 72 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Ian, I tried to send you a message but your mailbox must be full. Here is what I was trying to send. You wrote in a thread from early 2010 about a dragon door knocker that had a tapering pineapple twist for the body and tail. The link to the picture is dead. Do you have another copy of the picture? It certainly sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 I can already see a variation of that snail used as a shutter dog---and would look great with the "snail" climbing up the shutter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Iron Falcon, I'm really sorry but I'm afraid I don't. The picture was taken by the Dragons owner/maker (who I 'helped'). He is a UK member of Iforge though, called Manny (I think his user name is Manny O War or something similar) you could try and PM or email him and ask if he still has any photo's of it (or if he'd be willing to take some more, as it's in his house after all) The tapered pineapple twist is a bit tricky but looks great. If you're wanting to try one I'd suggest using adjustable spanners with smooth jaws. If you've got an old set you don't mind altering (or ruining) then grind the jaws to the angle of the taper, it'll make life much easier. You also have to do the twists in sections starting from the thickest end and working up to the thinner end. Hope that helps a bit at least IAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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