mick maxen Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Here is another example of some of my pattern welded work. This clock is about 13" tall by 4" wide and made from the same steel but using two types of ladder pattern. The pattern, I think gets its name from the way the light plays and reflects from the surface, but the surface on both of these steel plates is perfectly flat. Here is a more detailed photo, Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 That is really wild looking! I like it Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 That is absolutely beautiful! Great job. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM454 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Beautiful work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 You're leaving me speechless Mick. Anyone here can tell you how unlikely that is. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Wow. In my (admittedly rather uninformed) opinion, that's art! I'd be proud to have it on my mantle, and even prouder if I'd made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeman Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Absolutely stunning work, and I second it being really nice to see pattern welded stock used for something that isn't sharp and pointy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Absolutely stunning work, and I second it being really nice to see pattern welded stock used for something that isn't sharp and pointy. Looks kinda "pointy" to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robakyo Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Extraordinary effect! The top is a Ladder pattern, that I understand, but why is the bottom also considered a ladder? And how did you achieve the concentric circles? Truly awesome work! Thanks for sharing. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Rob, if you ever get a chance to go to the Deutches Klingen Museum in Solingen Germany you can see a number of machined "tools" for imprinting patterns like that. I believe that Manfred Sasche's Damascus Steel book shows some of them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Extraordinary effect! The top is a Ladder pattern, that I understand, but why is the bottom also considered a ladder? And how did you achieve the concentric circles? Truly awesome work! Thanks for sharing. Robert The method is the same for both: the typical ladder at the top is made with straight cuts, the bottom is done with smaller and smaller circle cuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Forgot to mention "Jaw droppingly beautiful"! (If you consider a ladder pattern to be a set of parallel groves in the billet---well those grooves are just circular ones...gives me an idea for one I can make with my screwpress though---take some steel wire and bend it to a form and squish it in when hot---may try some cursive writing or my maker's mark...Of course you would do one side and then grind it flat and do the other...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick maxen Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 There are really only two ways to cause the disruption to the pattern. As has been mentioned you can emboss a pattern into the steel and then you grind it all back to flat. Or you remove metal to create grooves and then forge it all back to a flat bar. I always think it is good to get the brain going so I won't say how the concentric ladder pattern was done, but it was not pressed in. Putting the grooves in was the easy bit then all you have to do is forge it so the pattern stays circular. Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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