Frank Turley Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 The hinges and hasp are Mexican/New Mexican inspired in design. The hasp is an aldaba which is usually put on a door and fastened horizontally. I made mine to fasten vertically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Excellent design and execution...You da man Frank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Those look very nice Frank! How long did they take you to forge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 I'm ashamed that I didn't keep man hours on this job. I was in the middle of classes, and I could only put in short periods of work at a time. This was a special job for a friend, so I first had to reforge the wrought iron to size. All the parts are of wrought iron including the hinge pins. The hot forging didn't take all that long except for the forge welded hinge barrels; they were drifted to 1/4"D and later hacksawed and filed for the knuckles. The hinge pins were annealed and 1/16" left protruding from each side of the barrel, enough for a relatively 'flat' cold upset. The layout and filing took the most time; it helps to use a chamfering vise such as Blacksmith Depot sells. I ran out of Dykem, so I had some Super Blue that I used with the scratch-awled design. After sanding/polishing, I gave the pieces a hot Johnson's wax finish. Another one of those minus a nickel an hour jobs. However, if one never takes on this kind of work, one stagnates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Absolutely perfect execution Frank!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 nice work! i like that you went to the trouble of forge welding the hinge barrels ... time on something like this for a friend dosent count... and your comment about stagnating is a good one ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BT Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Another one of those minus a nickel an hour jobs. However, if one never takes on this kind of work, one stagnates. So true. Beautiful job Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Frank, Those sure are good looking! The selling price vis-a-vie actual cost price would probably scare one half to death :huh: however I would never be able to cast the first stone(life seems full of school fees no matter how old you get) :D Thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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