a detail of the chain 1/2" round bar

a detail of the mallets ( on finished piece they were made from mild steel, drawn down in the tenoning spring jig in a stepped fashion - 3/8" down to 1/8" - which made a nice bamboo handle kinda look, don't seem to have a decent pic of that.  Guilders paste )

The strung up mess ( welding the two parts together ((not fun))

a sense of scale 

Done

 

the bottoms level with the bottom of the coupla its hanging in, about 14' off the ground, a hard place to photograph.

Wow! Great job.

 

What are the finished dimensions (height, diameter)?

Very nice job!  How long did it take you to make the chandelier, (hours) and number of workers?  Where there any really difficult aspects or was it pretty straight forward?  

thank you folks

 

Don,

5' across and 12' tall.

 

Dave,

I work alone and use the shop calender to keep hours- average probably 10hr days in the shop and its a crapshoot  as to how many are spent actually getting work done.  I did this a while back and seems like it took about a month and a half.  It was all pretty straight forward and difficult.  The difficult part of these jobs tends to start after all of the parts are made; putting together, moving around, painting, attaching them to my little truck somehow, these aspects really call for 2 or more folks to do efficiently, but, I'm not complaining. B) 

I didnt really like how the brass reposed ( the act of being repousse-ed ?? )  way different than copper.   I hardly chased it at all for fear of it splitting. 

Nice looking work, really like the chain. You done good!

Nice job. Is that a church or a house?

It is a polo "barn" -insert emoticon with the bug eyes and the tight lips-

Kevin,

Where in South Alabama is a Polo Barn?

That is such  a huge work! You are truly amazing! Nicely done.

Ken, it's in Fairhope, google Polo at the point.

Really nice work!

 

The nice thing about polo people is that they don't tend to skimp on anything.

Aaaah. Point Clear. Awesome. The pictures look great. maybe some day I'll get a chance to stop in there and see it in person. I live in Spanish Fort.

Fantastic! A great and wonderful addition to the barn, looks great with the wood. Every detail is well forge. Great job!

 

 

 

 

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