Judson Yaggy Posted August 27, 2012 Posted August 27, 2012 First traditional project in a while, but more inquiries for similar projects are coming in. Things are finally looking up. While the budget stretched to collars, rivets and tenoned joinery the clients drew the line at going non-linear with curves and tapers everywhere. The happy medium was some limited scroll work. I liked doing the curves, they liked the price of using stock sizes on a lot of the pickets. Quote
Ridgewayforge Posted August 27, 2012 Posted August 27, 2012 Look at your work is positively riveting! fantastic skill and execution. Quote
MRobb Posted August 27, 2012 Posted August 27, 2012 VERY nice! It all flows so well. Thanks for posting. Mitch Quote
Thomas Dean Posted August 27, 2012 Posted August 27, 2012 Very nice! Love all the different joinery used Quote
gearhartironwerks Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 Nice work! It seems the economy is finally improving... here as well. Yeehaa! Quote
Dillon Sculpture Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 Great rail Judson, I especially like your way of attaching to the wall/beam. With that many tenons, you must have a die for your hammer? Quote
r smith Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 It looks good, I am glad to see some of this kind of work again. I love the joinery :) One question though, why are the pickets going down the stairs not vertical? r smith Quote
Judson Yaggy Posted August 31, 2012 Author Posted August 31, 2012 DD- will try and post pics of the hammer die for tennons this weekend. Basically it's a clapper die with 3 impressions, the first a blunt butcher, the second an almost tennon shape, and the third a finish tennon shape. Lots of rounding on the corners. r smith- Well spotted. What you are seeing is the result of a work-around from when the carpenter changed the landing elevation to fix his trim mistakes and some earlier design decisions (after the stair was surveyed and railing was in progress). Owner, carpenter and smith had a meeting, carpenter admitted mistake, various solutions were offered, it was decided that lawyers were not to be involved, carpenter sent some money back to owner, smith fixed mistake. Not optimal, but it still looks darn good and now I have another story to tell late night at hammer-ins. Quote
r smith Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 I love being last on the job and have to take into account the mistakes of others so the final product looks nice :mellow: . Quote
Dick L. Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Judson, That is one nice looking railing. Great design ! Dick Quote
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